The act of creating citations to identify resources used in writing a work?

The act of creating citations to identify resources used in writing a work is called referencing, or citing.

Here are some synonyms for this action:

* Attributing

* Acknowledging

* Documenting

* Noting

* Listing

* Bibliographing

It's important to note that citation refers to the individual entry in a bibliography or reference list that provides the details of a specific source. While referencing or citing refers to the overall process of creating these entries.