Citations & References

Add sources to your writing without wrestling with formatting. Diglot inserts in-text citations, builds your reference list automatically, and keeps everything in the style your assignment or journal requires. Add a source by link, by ID, by hand, or by searching for a topic — and let Diglot handle the rest.

How to find it

There are several ways to add a citation, and they all work the same way behind the scenes:

• Slash menu — type /cite in the editor to open the citation picker.
• Find a citation — start typing a topic and pick from ranked results.
• From a plagiarism match — click Cite on a flagged passage to add the matching source.
• Drag in a link — drop a web link into your document and Diglot offers to cite it.
• Hover a citation — pause over an existing citation to open it, edit it, or replace it.
• Cowriter chat — ask the assistant to add citations to a paragraph.

What it does

Diglot manages both your in-text citations and your reference list. Add sources by web link, DOI, ISBN, manual entry, or by searching for a topic. Citations format themselves in the style you choose, and your reference list appears at the end of the document and updates as you go.

Citation styles

Four styles are fully supported, each with its own correct formatting:

Style	In-text example	Reference list heading
APA 7	(Smith, 2023)	References
MLA 9	(Smith 45)	Works Cited
Chicago 17 (Notes)	Footnote ¹	Bibliography / Notes
IEEE	[1]	References

A few related styles — Harvard, Vancouver, and Chicago author-date — aren’t independently selectable yet. For now they follow the closest supported style (Harvard and Chicago author-date follow APA 7; Vancouver follows IEEE). If your guidelines call for one of these, choose the matching supported style in the meantime.

Style is set per document, and you can switch it any time.

Topic search

You don’t need a link or an ID to add a source. Search by topic and Diglot finds relevant academic sources, ranked by relevance and how often each is cited, with abstracts where available. Pick the right one and it’s added to your library and your text.

Your reference list

Your bibliography builds itself:

• It appears automatically when you add your first citation.
• It updates live as you add, remove, or restyle citations.
• It’s formatted correctly for your style — proper indentation, and sorted the right way (alphabetically for APA and MLA, in citation order for IEEE).
• You can hide it from the document if you prefer.

With the Cowriter assistant

You can hand citation work to the assistant. Ask it to add sources to a paragraph and it will search for relevant references, find unsourced claims, and suggest citations — and you approve each one before it’s added. It can also reformat your whole bibliography into a different style on request.

Import and export

• Import BibTeX (.bib) and RIS (.ris) files to bring a citation library in.
• Export your library as .bib or .ris to use it in other tools.
• Reference-manager connections (so you can sync your existing library) are on the way.

Plans and limits

Adding sources draws from a monthly citation allowance that resets on the 1st of each month.

Plan	Citations / month
Free	10
Spark	100
Pro	Unlimited
Max	Unlimited

• Free — core citation management: add by link, DOI, or by hand, plus a limited number of topic searches.
• Spark — full topic search, all four supported styles, and the auto-built reference list.
• Pro / Max — higher search volume and the assistant’s citation tools.

Limitations

• Topic search returns up to about 100 results per query.
• Connecting an outside reference manager (to sync your library) is planned but not available yet.
• The auto-built reference list is read-only in the document — to fix a detail, edit the source in your library.
• Citation accuracy depends on the source’s own data; entries you type in by hand may need a quick cleanup.

Common questions

Which citation style should I use? It depends on your field. Psychology and education usually use APA 7; humanities use MLA 9; engineering and computer science use IEEE; history uses Chicago 17 (Notes). When in doubt, follow your university or journal’s guidelines.

Can I switch styles after I’ve written everything? Yes. Changing the style reformats everything — in-text citations, the reference list, and numbering — in one click.

Can the assistant cite my claims for me? Yes. Ask it to add citations to a paragraph: it finds claims that need a source, searches for relevant references, and offers them to you. You approve each one.

Does Diglot connect to my reference manager? That’s planned. When it ships, you’ll be able to connect and sync your existing library.

What if topic search can’t find my source? You can always add a citation by hand (title, authors, year, and so on) or paste a DOI, link, or ISBN to fetch the details automatically.