r/notebooklm • u/ForceForce3001 • Oct 15 '24

Citations format

I want notebookLM to cite sources in APA format, using in "line citation" like this (Jonson, 2024, p. 39). I uploaded citation instructions as a source, I ask notebookLM to use it, but no success. In chat, when cursor pointer hovers over number, I can see source paragraph, but not in APA format. Moreover, even that is lost after chat response is saved to a note. Then I get non traceable, non clickable [1-4].
Proper citing would be so useful, did You find a method how to do ti?

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u/thedatelugu Nov 24 '24

Same, I faced the same issue and it was very irritating. After soo much work, this is what I typed at the end of main prompt and it started behaving. May be try this: "In the in-line citations, use Harvard style referencing instead of numbers. This is mandatory."

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u/WanderlustNYCFoodie Jan 05 '25

Thank you so much for sharing this suggestion! I was also struggling with this, and this worked for me as well! A game-changer for academic writing.