Bibliography Generator

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Bibliography Generator

Every reference you save from the Citation Generator or the Reference Checker collects here, in one shared list. Search it, fix an entry, drop duplicates, switch the style, and copy or export the whole bibliography at once. The list lives in your browser.

    Complete bibliography?Every reference in the current view, formatted and ordered in the selected style.

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    About This Tool

    This page is the home of My References, the local list every tool in the Reference Tools suite shares. Both the Citation Generator and the Reference Checker add to it; here you manage the whole collection. Search by author, title, year or DOI; edit a stored reference in place; remove entries or clear the list; and switch citation style and language to see the whole bibliography reformat at once. When the work is done, copy the complete bibliography or export it as BibTeX, BibLaTeX, RIS or CSL-JSON, ready for a manuscript or a reference manager.

    How to Use

    1. Add references from the Citation Generator or Reference Checker, or import a .bib, .ris or .json file.
    2. Search, sort, edit entries in place, and merge any flagged duplicates; pick the citation style and language.
    3. Copy the complete bibliography, or export it as BibTeX, BibLaTeX, RIS or CSL-JSON for your writing tool.

    Methodology

    This list is the same browser-local workspace the whole suite writes to, so nothing needs to be re-entered here. Each stored reference keeps its CSL-JSON, the single bibliographic representation, and its verification state, so a formatting change never alters the underlying data. Formatting runs through the citation style processor bundled with the tool: switching style or language re-renders every entry from that one representation. Editing changes only the fields you touch and leaves the rest of the record intact. Duplicate detection compares author and year with title similarity, the rule the rest of the suite uses.

    Sources: Citation Style Language · CSL style repository

    Understanding Your Results

    A "Verified" or "Matched" badge marks references that were confirmed against a registry when they were saved; "Entered" marks ones typed or edited by hand. A highlighted entry with "Possible duplicate" shares an author and year and a near-identical title with another entry, usually the same work saved twice, worth merging before you export. The complete bibliography reflects the current view: a search narrows both the list and the bibliography, so you can copy a subset. Clearing the search restores the whole list.

    Practical Examples

    A student finishing a dissertation has collected 60 references across weeks of work with the Citation Generator. Here they search "2019" to check that year's sources, spot two highlighted duplicates from citing the same paper twice, merge them, switch the style to their department's Harvard variant, and export one clean .bib for their reference manager. A co-author sends a .ris file; importing it adds the new entries and skips the ones already saved, leaving one merged list to format.

    Tips for a tidy list

    • Prefer references saved with a verified identifier; their data is clean and formats precisely. • Merge "Possible duplicate" entries before exporting so a source appears once. • Search then copy to lift a section's references out of a larger list. • Editing keeps the fields you do not touch: a stored DOI or page range survives a title fix. • Export CSL-JSON for a lossless backup; BibTeX or RIS to move the list into another manager.

    Frequently Asked Questions
    Where do these references come from?
    From the shared My References workspace. When you add a reference in the Citation Generator or Reference Checker, or verify one in the Paper Citation Checker, it lands in the same browser-local list this tool manages. You can also import a file here directly.
    Is my library private?
    Yes. Your list is stored only in your browser and is not uploaded. This tool makes no network requests: it reads the local list and formats it in the page. Clearing your browser data removes it, so export a backup if it matters.
    What can I edit, and is the rest kept?
    The inline editor exposes the fields most often in need of a fix: type, title, authors, year, and journal or container. Saving changes only those fields: a stored DOI, volume, pages or publisher stays untouched. To edit more fields, open the reference in the Citation Generator.
    How does it flag duplicates?
    Two entries are flagged as a possible duplicate when they share a lead author and year and their titles are near-identical, the same rule the rest of the suite uses. It is a prompt to look, not an automatic merge: you decide which entry to keep and remove the other.
    Which export formats are available?
    BibTeX (.bib) and BibLaTeX for LaTeX workflows, RIS (.ris) for EndNote, Zotero and Mendeley, and CSL-JSON (.json) for a lossless copy that any CSL-based tool can read. Copy the formatted bibliography as text or HTML for pasting straight into a document.
    Can I import a file from another manager?
    Yes. Import a .bib (BibTeX), .ris (RIS) or .json (CSL-JSON) file exported from most reference managers. New references are added and any already present are skipped by the same duplicate rule, so importing twice does no harm.
    Does switching style change my saved data?
    No. Each reference is stored once as structured data, and the style controls only how it is displayed. Switch between APA, Chicago, IEEE, MLA and Cite Them Right freely; the stored records stay put, and you can export in any style at any time.