The standard way of doing this is the oxford referencing guide. http://guides.is.uwa.edu.au/c.php?g=325241&p=2177430 You put a number at the point of reference and then at the end of the document you have the all of full references documented by number. A crude example: The results of the trial[1] were disputed by a later report[2] which claimed that Then at the end, under the title "References": 1. Full reference to the information on the trial. 2. Full reference to the information on the report. 3. etc... In response to your edit, there is a less formal way of doing this where you would just write "see document x, section y". You sort of answered this yourself.