# Ticket of the month - November 2021 - Simple Text Query form, registering references, and reference coverage within Participation Reports **URL:** \ **Category:** Technical Support\ **Tags:** references, participation-report, ticket\_of\_month, simple\_text\_query\ **Created:** [6 December 2021 20:38 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/ticket-of-the-month-november-2021-simple-text-query-form-registering-references-and-reference-coverage-within-participation-reports/2274 "2021-12-06T20:38:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ifarley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.crossref.org/ifarley/32/44_2.png) [@ifarley](https://community.crossref.org/u/ifarley)\ **Post date:** [6 December 2021 20:38 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/ticket-of-the-month-november-2021-simple-text-query-form-registering-references-and-reference-coverage-within-participation-reports/2274/1 "2021-12-06T20:38:58Z")
**November 2021 - ticket of the month** Topic: Simple Text Query form, registering references, and reference coverage within Participation Reports This month we received a handful of interrelated questions about registering references for existing DOIs. Since it’s been on many of your minds, I’ll cover using our [Simple Text Query (STQ) form](https://apps.crossref.org/SimpleTextQuery/) and then mapping those registrations through to our [Participation Reports](https://www.crossref.org/members/prep/). First off, we’ve had a few members who were looking to either retrieve references or register references ask about the [linking references](https://search.crossref.org/references) functionality in our search interface. The linking references functionality within Crossref Metadata Search is still in beta format, so I highly recommend using STQ for matching your reference lists. Once at the STQ form, for those members who are retrieving AND depositing references for existing DOIs, we’ve had a number of questions about the username and credentials used on STQ to make deposits. Many of our members who have joined in 2021, are now using [personal user credentials](https://www.crossref.org/documentation/member-setup/account-credentials/#00368) that are connected, via an individual’s email address, to a Crossref account or an organization-wide shared role. Those accounts using personal user credentials must enter the username within the STQ form as `email address/role`. ![Screen Shot 2021-12-06 at 2.46.02 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/crossref/original/1X/25f1369ce923966fd2702341e0f005bc39a87e70.png) As a reminder, here are the steps you need to take to register references using STQ: 1. Start at [Simple Text Query](https://apps.crossref.org/SimpleTextQuery) 2. Enter your references into the form. Don’t check _List all possible DOIs per reference_. Click _submit_ 3. Select the _Deposit_ button and complete the fields - your **email** address - this is used to send you a submission log after your reference deposit has been processed - the **parent DOI** is the DOI of the content item for which you are adding references. It must already be registered with Crossref - your **[Crossref account credentials](https://www.crossref.org/documentation/member-setup/account-credentials/)** 1. Click _Deposit_ again. If your details have been entered correctly, you will see a _success_ message, showing that your deposit has been submitted to the system queue for processing. When the reference deposit has been _submitted_ , you will receive an email containing the XML deposit generated by the form. After that submission has been _processed_ (usually within minutes of your submission), you will receive a [submission log](https://www.crossref.org/documentation/content-registration/verify-your-registration/submission-queue-and-log/) by email with the results of your submission. If you do not receive two emails as a result of your reference deposit, please contact us at [support@crossref.org](mailto:support@crossref.org). Once you have successfully registered references with us, you should notice an increase in the percentages of DOIs with references (registered) within your [Participation Reports](https://www.crossref.org/members/prep/). But, that update to your Participation Report can take 24 to 48 hours from your successful registration to appear. There is a lag, but if you’ve registered references, received the successful submission log emails, and are still not seeing an update to your Participation Report within a couple of days, get in touch. ![Screen Shot 2021-12-06 at 2.59.28 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/crossref/original/1X/9b4155deb5656838f487fc3f8894efd38e6fe5ff.png) If anything needs to be sorted, we can help. From there, we can celebrate those new numbers within your Participation Report with you! Thanks for reading, Isaac