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The following tools can help you assemble a citation from limited information, with limited effort. These are tools with a variety of interfaces that provide a complete formatted reference based on a few initial details.

== Tools ==
{{See also|Wikipedia:Citing sources#Programming tools}}
<section begin="Missing Manual" />
* '''[http://sumsearch.org/cite/ Biomedical citation maker]''' by [[User:Badgettrg]]. Converts a Pubmed ID (PMID), DOI, PMCID, NCT to {{tl|cite journal}}, {{tl|cite pmid}}, or simple wikiformatting for all journals indexed by PubMed. Bookmarklet is available. Adds links to [https://web.archive.org/web/20161022143433/http://annals.org/aim/journal-club ACP Journal Club] and [http://ebm.bmj.com/ Evidence-Based Medicine] comments if present. <section end="Missing Manual" />
* '''[https://tools.wmflabs.org/citationhunt/ Citation Hunt]''': A tool for browsing snippets of Wikipedia articles that [[Template:cn|lack citations]]. <section begin="Missing Manual" />
* '''[https://tools.wmflabs.org/citer/ Citer]''': Converts a DOI, ISBN, [[OCLC]], or URL into a citation and [[Help:Shortened footnotes|shortened footnote]]. It also can generate citations for many news websites.
* '''[[Wikipedia:TWL/Citoid|Citoid]]''': A tool built into both [[wikipedia:VisualEditor|Visual Editor]] and source editor that attempts to build a full citation based on a URL. See [[Wikipedia:VisualEditor/User guide#Using Citoid|user guide]].
* '''[https://tools.wmflabs.org/citation-template-filling/cgi-bin/index.cgi Diberri Template builder]''': Converts URL, DrugBank ID, HGNC ID, PubMed ID, PubMed Central ID or PubChem ID to full citation.
* '''[https://reftag.appspot.com/doiweb.py DOI Wikipedia reference generator]''': Converts a [[digital object identifier]] (DOI) into {{tl|cite journal}}.
*'''[http://neuro.imm.dtu.dk/cgi-bin/brede_bib_pmid2wpcitejournal.py DTU Informatics PMID to Cite journal]''': Converts a PubMed ID (PMID) into a {{tl|cite journal}}.
* '''[https://tools.wmflabs.org/makeref/ MakeRef]''': A form for creating various {{tl|cite}} templates. <section end="Missing Manual" />
* '''[[WP:OABOT|OABOT]]''', a tool that finds open-access links for citations <section begin="Missing Manual" />
* '''[https://tools.wmflabs.org/refill/ reFill]''': Uses Citoid to replace all bare URLs on a Wikipedia page with filled {{tl|cite web}} templates.
* '''[[User:Ark25/RefScript|RefScript]]''': A bookmarklet that generates references with a single click. Works with a few news websites (BBC, Daily Mail, Daily Mirror, Daily Telegraph, Huffington Post, Huffington Post Canada, New York Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Times of India, Financial Times, The Economist, Business Week, Ars Technica, TG Daily) and it can learn any other newspaper or website.
* '''[[User:V111P/js/WebRef|WebRef]]''': A bookmarklet automating the filling of the {{tl|cite web}} template.
* '''[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Microsoft_Word_Macros#Wikipedia_AutoReferencer Wikipedia AutoReferencer]''', Microsoft word tool to convert embedded links to wikitext
* '''[https://reftag.appspot.com/ Wikipedia citation tool for Google Books]''': Converts a Google Books URL into {{tl|cite book}}. Wikipedia has [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=insource%3A%2F%5C%3Cref%5C%3Ehttps%5C%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fbooks%5C.google%2F thousands of bare URL citations] that could be completed using this tool.
* '''[https://addons.mozilla.org/en/firefox/addon/wikipedia-references-creato/ Wikipedia-References-Creator]''': A Firefox addon for creation of references (output changeable). <section end="Missing Manual" />
==Templates==
* [[User:Nathanstrait/Wikipedia BibDesk Export Template|BibDesk Export Template]] – An export template for formatting [[Wikipedia:Citation templates|Wikipedia citation templates]] in [[BibDesk]], which is a free [[open-source]] [[BibTeX]]-based [[reference management software]] application for [[macOS]] <section begin="Missing Manual" />
* [https://tools.wmflabs.org/citations/ Citation Bot] ([[User:Citation bot|more info]]) – Partial citations must either contain a DOI, PMID, PMC, ISBN, or enough fields to be uniquely found; the bot will also fix formatting errors <section end="Missing Manual" />
* [[Wikipedia:Cite4Wiki|Cite4Wiki]] for [[Mozilla Firefox]] 3.5+ – Allows you to create various templates including {{tl|cite web}} and {{tl|cite news}}; get the [[Wikipedia:Cite4Wiki|current version]] or an [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/13692/ old version]{{dead link|date=December 2013}}
* [[User:Rjwilmsi/CiteCompletion|CiteCompletion]] for [[WP:AWB|AutoWikiBrowser]] – A custom module for [[WP:AWB|AWB]] to complete citations of common English-language news sites
* [[User:Bazzargh/citemark|citemark]] ([[JavaScript]]) – A [[bookmarklet]] to help create {{tl|cite web}} templates; see the [[User:Bazzargh/citemark|developer's page]] for details
* [[Template:Find sources|Find sources]] – provides links to customized searches for reliable sources in news newspapers books scholar JSTOR free images and the like. Points to a variety of templates for use in talk pages, on the [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion|AfD]] page etc., and for a variety of types of articles and situations. <section begin="Missing Manual" />
* [http://ottobib.com/ OttoBib] – Generates an alphabetized bibliography of books from a list of [[International Standard Book Number]] (ISBN) numbers, with output in [[MLA Style Manual|MLA]], [[APA style|APA]], [[The Chicago Manual of Style|Chicago]]/[[Turabian]], [[BibTeX]], or Wikipedia format (also generates a permalink) <section end="Missing Manual" />
* [[User:PleaseStand/References segregator|References segregator]] ([[JavaScript]]) – Shows references in a separate edit window for easy editing; can also convert references to [[Help:Footnotes#List-defined references|list-defined references]] format <section begin="Missing Manual" />
* [[Wikipedia:RefToolbar|refToolbar]] ([[JavaScript]]) – Allows you to format a reference during editing when you already have all the data
* [[User:Smith609/Scopus|Scopus search add-on]] – Find a reference on [[Scopus]], then with one click it's formatted ready for use in an article <section end="Missing Manual" />
* [[User:Odie5533/SnipManager|SnipManager]] ([[JavaScript]]) – Adds a Ribbon menu above the edit form with templates (including citations) and the ability to preview citations
* [[toollabs:refill]] – Checks an article for working (non-404) references, corrects titles, adds citation templates, and performs other miscellaneous fixes; can be added to the toolbox with this JavaScript: [[User:SQL/refcheck.js]]
* [[User:CitationTool]] – Semi-bot for finding citation errors and fixing them
* [https://www.webcitation.org/ WebCite] – [[WebCite]] archives a copy of an online source, so a citation can link to the archived copy as well as to the original URL (in case the latter changes in future)
* [[Zotero]] (cross-platform) – Allows you to find articles and easily paste their citations into Wikipedia as citation templates, using (on Windows) ''Ctrl-Alt-C'' or right-clicking the article and selecting "Export Selected Item..." then "Wikipedia Citation Templates"; see [[Wikipedia:Citing sources with Zotero]]

==Citation tools==
Reference markup and citation templates may be inserted manually or by use of tools:
* [[Wikipedia:Citation expander|Citation expander]] automatically adds missing data to citations using citation templates, and makes corrections to their formatting
* [[User:ProveIt GT|ProveIt]] provides a graphical interface for editing, adding, and citing references. It may be enabled per the documentation
* [[Wikipedia:RefToolbar|RefToolbar]] is part of the editing tool bar
* [[User:Odie5533/SnipManager|SnipManager]] adds a ribbon interface to add citations
* [[User:Zhaofeng Li/reFill]]
* [[User:Cacycle/wikEd|wikEd]]

==User scripts==
* [[User:TheDJ/Folded references|Folded references]] collapses the references of a page
* [[User:Blue-Haired Lawyer/Footnote popups|Footnote popups]] Displays a small popup box of a footnote when you hover the cursor above a footnote link
* [[User:Ucucha/HarvErrors|HarvErrors]] shows errors when using Harvard templates
* [[Template:Listref|ListrefErrors]] shows errors when using {{tl|listref}}
* [[User:PleaseStand/References segregator|PleaseStand/References segregator]] places references into a separate edit box
* [[User:Smith609/endnote.js|Reference exporter]]
* [[User:Cumbril/Reference Organizer|Reference Organizer]] presents all references in graphical user interface, where you can choose whether the references should be defined in the body of article or in the reference list template(s) ([[Help:List-defined references|list-defined format]]). You can also sort the references in various ways (and optionally keep the sort order), and rename the references.
* [[User:Anomie/reftooltip.js|RefTooltip]] sets the tooltip for references to the text of the reference.
* [[User:Lingzhi2/reviewsourcecheck|ReviewSourceCheck]] (different versions for different preferences) flags 16 types of errors in the references and/or notes, when using Harv templates.
* [[User:Ohconfucius/script/Sources|Sources]] Formats names of newspapers within citation templates
* [[User:Anomie/ajaxpreview.js]] adds a preview button that will show references when editing a section
* [[User:BrandonXLF/Autoref]] replaces the reference button in the editing toolbar in the 2010 wikitext editor with a button that allows the use of Citoid to insert an auto generated reference
* [[User:BrandonXLF/Citoid]] generates a reference using the Citoid server. Designed for being used inside user scripts.
* [[user:js/ajaxPreview]] adds a preview button that will show references when editing a section
* [[User:Salix alba/Citoid]] Generates citation templates using the Citoid server. Standalone javascript which can be used outside of Visual Editor.

==Beta and obsolete==
Beta
* [http://www.mediafire.com/download/y6izi1irhd4i39p/Cite4WikiPhoenix%40makyen.makyen+version+0.7.3.xpi Cite4Wiki Phoenix]
* [[WP:Ref++|Ref++]] PubMed search (Beta, November 2009)
Obsolete:
* [[User:Smith609/Cite]]
* {{tl|Cite isbn}}

===Deprecated===
The following bot-filled templates are deprecated.
* {{tl|Cite doi}}
* {{tl|Cite jstor}}
* {{tl|Cite pmid}}

==Documentation==
These templates can be used in documentation:

'''Typing aids'''
* {{tl|cite *}}: shortcut for {{tl|Citation/core}}
* {{tl|cite xxx}}: shortcut for [[Wikipedia:Citation templates]]
* {{tl|cite.php}}: shortcut for [[mw:Extension:Cite/Cite.php]]
* {{tl|cs1}}: shortcut for [[Help: Citation Style 1]]
* {{tl|cs2}}: shortcut for [[Help: Citation Style 2]]
* {{tl|fnote1}}: shortcut for [[Wikipedia:Footnote1]]
* {{tl|fnote2}}: shortcut for [[Wikipedia:Footnote2]]
* {{tl|fnote3}}: shortcut for [[Wikipedia:Footnote3]]
* {{tl|fnote4}}: shortcut for [[Wikipedia:Footnote4]]
* {{tl|fnote}}: shortcut for [[Help:Footnotes]]
* {{tl|ldr}}: shortcut for [[Help:Footnotes#WP:LDR|List-defined references]]
* {{tl|paren}}: shortcut for [[Wikipedia:Parenthetical referencing]]
* {{tl|sfnote}}: shortcut for [[Help:Shortened footnotes]]
* {{tl|vcite}}: shortcut for [[Help:Citation Style Vancouver]]

'''Navboxes'''
* {{tl|Citation Style 1}}: navbox for {{cs1}} templates
* {{tl|Wikipedia referencing}}: navbox for referencing help pages

'''Documentation'''
* {{tl|Citation Style documentation}}: modular documentation for {{cs1}} and {{cs2}}
* {{tl|Harvard citation documentation}}: documentation for Harvard citations
* {{tl|Markup}}: show markup and rendered output side by side
* {{tl|Refname rules}}: rules for names for footnotes and groups

'''Replication'''
* {{tl|Dummy backlink}}: replicate footnote backlinks
* {{tl|Dummy ref}}: replicate footnote in-text cite
* {{tl|Fake heading}}: replicate headings
* {{tl|Fake notes and references}}: replicate Notes and References headings

{{Wikipedia referencing}}
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