 Hello, this is Comet Weinberger and I'm a freelance editor for Inago and today I'm going to give you a few tips about how to reference the best way to reference your publication manuscript. When you're writing a publication manuscript the most important question to answer is do I need one? Meaning a reference. And to answer that question in anticipation of being asked. So keep in mind what references are for in a publication. In Mind Hue, they have two purposes. One is support and the other is illumination or explanation.