===== Reference Edit General =====
The Reference general edit page allows users to edit general information for a Reference record.  Once changes are made the user can click the **Save** button in the bottom right hand corner to commit changes to the database.  Note: User permissions might be restricted by [[security_edit_forms|Form permissions]], [[security_edit_banks|Bank permissions]] (if in Bank Level 3 [[concepts#Banks and Bank Level|Banks and Bank Level]]) or the record being [[concepts#Record Locking|locked]].

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==== Tab Strip ====
The tab strip at the top of the page allows the user to go back to the Reference Entry grid [[reference_entry|Selection]], to the [[reference_edit_notes|Notes and Custom]] page or [[usage|Usage]] page.  Audit will navigate to the [[audit|Audit page]] and displays Audit information for the selected record.

==== Reference Fields ====
^ Field ^ Description ^
| Reference ID | Will populate automatically when the Reference is created. Unique identifier of the Reference. |
| Title| The title of the reference material being added.|
| Reference Type ID| Use the drop down menu to select the reference type. This can be a book, journal,periodical, etc.|
| External ID| External ID's are used when mapping back and forth with other systems.|
| Volume| Volume number for reference if applicable.|
| Edition| Edition for reference if applicable.|
| ISBN| International Standard Book Number is a unique numeric commercial book identifier.|
| HTML| URL for website for reference, if applicable.|
| Effective Date | By default, on most tools, only effective/non-expired records are available to be selected.  Either to be edited or linked to another record.  An effective record is a record with an Effective Date prior to today.  By default, the Effective Date is set to the previous day on all newly created records. [[concepts#effective_and_expiry_dates|Effective and Expiry Dates]]|
| Expiry Date | By default, on most tools, only effective/non-expired records are available to be selected.  Either to be edited or linked to another record.  An expired record is a record with an Expiry Date prior to today.  By default, the Expiry Date is set to December 31, 2100 on all newly created records. [[concepts#effective_and_expiry_dates|Effective and Expiry Dates]]|
| Article| Title of the article, if applicable to the reference.|
| Author Name 1| Author names for the reference. If there is more than one author use Author Name 2 and 3.|
| Publisher| The references publisher, if applicable.|
| Publisher Place| The publisher location.|
| Publisher Date| The date of reference publication here. This field is required and changes cannot be saved unless a value is specified.|