Reference Tracker provides several ways to input references. You can enter the DOI or ISBN for the publication you want to reference, search for a publication, or enter the details manually.
The simplest way to create a reference is to click on the 'Publication Lookup' icon in the document window toolbar (or select 'Lookup Publication...' from the 'References' menu.
This presents the Publication Lookup sheet, and you simply enter the ISBN or DOI for the book or article that you are referencing. Reference Tracker will then fetch all the details for that publication from the internet.
Reference Tracker will show you the matching publication, and if you click 'Import' it will create a new reference in your document.
If you don't have the ISBN or DOI for the publication you are referencing, you can search for it by clicking on 'Publication Search' in the document window toolbar (or select 'Search for Publication...' from the 'References' menu).
This presents the Publication Search sheet. Here you can enter whatever details you have for the publication, such as title, author, journal name, etc.
Reference Tracker will then search online for publications that match your search criteria. You will be presented with a set of matching results. If you click on the 'Import' button for any results a new reference for that publication will be created in your document. If your publication is not in the initial set of search results, click on the 'Get More Results' button and Reference Tracker will fetch more matches, if available.
You can enter references to you document manually by clicking on the 'Add Reference' icon in the document window toolbar and select the publication type from the popup menu (or select the publication type from the 'Add New Reference' menu in the 'References' menu). A new blank reference will be added to your document.
Reference Tracker provides a 'Cited Text' field for each of your references, where you can keep track of the actual passages in the publication that you made reference to. Additionally you can add sticky notes to your references by clicking on the 'Add Note' icon in the document window toolbar. Cited Text and Notes are note included when Reference Tracker generates your formatted reference list.