How to Generate a Bibliography Automatically in Lattics

Managing and formatting references is one of the most time‑consuming (and error‑prone) parts of academic writing. Lattics streamlines the entire process with automation, giving researchers a smooth, accurate workflow from collecting sources to generating citations.

1. Generate a bibliography list in one click

In Lattics, creating a final reference list is simple:

• After finishing your document, go to the section where you want the bibliography (usually “References” at the end).
• Click “Insert Bibliography” in the editor toolbar (or use the shortcut).
• Lattics scans the whole document, detects all in‑text citations, and generates a complete bibliography in your chosen style (APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.), with correct formatting and ordering.

Benefit: No more manual sorting or formatting. Your reference list always matches your in‑text citations and stays compliant with academic standards.

2. Drag Zotero notes and carry full metadata

Lattics integrates tightly with Zotero:

1. Manage your library in Zotero as usual and add notes or tags.
2. Drag a Zotero note into the Lattics notes panel or editor.
3. While the note content is imported, the full metadata (title, authors, year, publication, etc.) is synced into Lattics automatically.
4. You can then insert citations anytime, and the metadata is ready for the bibliography list.

Benefit: Notes and references stay linked, so every idea is traceable to a precise source.

3. Clip web sources with the browser extension

For online papers, reports, or blog posts, Lattics’s browser extension keeps references clean and consistent:

1. Install the Lattics browser extension.
2. When you open a valuable page, click the extension to capture metadata like title, author, date, and site name.
3. Save selected text or the whole page as a note in Lattics.
4. The captured metadata is stored as a web‑type reference in your library.

Benefit: Web sources become properly structured references, reducing manual entry errors.

4. Import PDFs and auto‑extract metadata

For local PDF papers, Lattics can read and extract key details:

1. Drag or import a PDF into Lattics.
2. Lattics parses embedded metadata or uses smart extraction to capture title, authors, journal, abstract, DOI, and more.
3. Review and correct any fields if needed.
4. The PDF is linked to its reference record for reading and notes.

Benefit: Quickly build a structured library while keeping PDFs, notes, and citations connected.

Summary: a complete automated reference workflow

Lattics builds a closed loop from collection (Zotero/Web/PDF) → knowledge management (metadata‑linked notes) → writing (citations) → output (one‑click bibliography).

For academic writers, this means:

• Higher efficiency: time goes to thinking and writing, not formatting.
• Greater accuracy: automation prevents manual mistakes.
• Citation compliance: consistent styles for journals, books, and web sources.
• Traceable knowledge: every note links back to a reliable source.

With Lattics’s end‑to‑end automation, you can leave reference‑management pain behind and make academic writing faster and more enjoyable.