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Bibliography

The Bibliography tool automates the citation and bibliography creation process. It is intended to streamline the integration of references, and to ensure precision in citation generation and formatting.

The following citation styles are currently supported - APA, MLA, IEEE, Harvard and Chicago. The style you select will be used to format in-text citations and the references page.

The bibliography tool displays all sources that you've added to your current project.

You can click on any source to view and edit detailed information about it.

Click the Icon icon to find the full PDF version of a source, if it's available online. This will add a file to the file library.

Adding sources manually​

Click the Icon icon to add a source manually.

The exact fields that are available depend on the selected source type. None of the fields are mandatory, you can save the source at any time.

Enter as much information about the source as you can, then click "Add Source" to save it.

Source import​

Click the Icon icon to import a bibliography from a file. Shy Editor currently supports importing sources from RIS, BibTeX, CSL JSON, and RDF files.

Once you select a file, you will have an opportunity to verify that the sources were parsed correctly before saving them to your project.

Source export​

Click the Icon icon to export your current bibliography to a file or copy it to the clipboard. You can export your bibliography to RIS, BibTeX, and CSL JSON files.

If your bibliography contains any sources, they will automatically be added to a References page in the selected style when you export your project.

You can also share your bibliography publicly through ShyBib. ShyBib is a free standalone bibliography management tool by the Shy Editor team.

Finding sources​

Click the Icon icon to search for new sources for your bibliography. You can search either by a specific identifier (e.g. DOI, ISBN, website URL, etc), or by simply entering a search query.

Source recommendations​

Shy Editor can provide intelligent source recommendations that are based on the current contents of your paper. To get a list of recommendations, select any text and click "Relevant sources".

You will be provided with a list of possible sources you might want to reference within the selected text.

Citing sources​

You can cite sources from your bibliography either by clicking "Add citation" on the editor toolbar and selecting the source from the dropdown, or by clicking the Icon icon on any source in the bibliography tool.

Select the source, enter the page (book, chapter, etc) number, and click either "Copy Citation" or "Insert Citation" button.