

This can be more time-consuming and requires manually updating the references and creating the bibliography, but allows you to use a wider range of software when pasting your references. You can also copy citations from your reference manager and paste them into your document. Are there other options for citing references? Using a 'cite whilst you write' feature to easily insert citations can speed up the process of writing up your work, though it is important to proofread all your citations in your work as sometimes there can be errors in your library or in the referencing style you're using. That is because these citations are bits of computer code that keep them linked to your reference manager, so they'll update if you update the reference in your library.

The inserted references may look like normal text, but if you hover over them you'll see they behave a little differently to regular text in a document. The tools use specific rules to know how to format your citations. These features work by inserting the citation information for a selected reference in your library in the referencing style you have set it to use. How do reference managers cite references? Reference managers typically include the ability to insert references from your library directly into a document, using a plugin/add-in for a text processing application.
