This is the simplest and most direct method. Generally, all academic searches provide various reference formats: Baidu Academic (Baidu Academic-Keep Learning Attitude), Google Academic (Glgoo Academic Search), Bing Academic and so on. Copy the title of your paper to the search engine above, find the article, click on the quotation, and you will get various reference formats (here, Bing Academic is an example), and copy and paste them into the paper.

Another Chinese article, Baidu Academic.

However, there are too few references provided here. Generally, there are only three kinds of references, namely, national standards, standards formulated by the Modern Language Association (MLA) and American Psychological Association (APA). There may not be a periodical format suitable for your submission, so you can consider using document management software at this time. We can see that both screenshots have import links, such as endnote and bibtex.

2. Use document management software.

At present, the most mainstream document management software is endnote developed by Thomson Reuters. Endnote +word is basically the standard for paper writing, because it is not difficult to start with the two, especially word, which everyone is familiar with. I have written an article on how to insert references with endnotes before (how to insert references with endnotes), so I won't write much here. The advantage of endnote is that it is big and complete. It contains almost all the reference styles of SCI journals. No matter which journal you want to contribute, the endnotes can be done. However, endnote will not integrate all periodical styles into the software. Some of them need to be downloaded from official website. Here's an article that tells you how to find the style of reference for a contributing journal (what if the style (endnote) doesn't have the format of reference for a contributing journal? )。 Then endnote can easily change the style of all references. For example, if you are rejected in a journal and want to change it, endnote can switch the citation style with one click, which is very convenient. Some people may ask, how to import references into endnote first. Do you want to give me another link? (Give it to me when I'm finished, hh)

Endnote is good, but its biggest problem is that it is unfriendly to Chinese support (Chinese PDF is difficult to identify, but you can also download txt one by one from HowNet and import it). If you write your thesis in Chinese, you can consider changing your software. NoteExpress (IRP) is recommended here.

NE is a domestic software, which has friendly Chinese support (easy to identify Chinese PDF and import), and handles a large number of citations in minutes. The specific operation is also very simple. First, select a reference you want to insert in NE, and select the first one here. Then choose the place to insert in word, and choose the end of the first sentence here. Finally, click Insert Citation. The style of literature can also be chosen, in terms of style.

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