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Extract References
Systematically extract, format, and organize all references and citations from academic or professional documents.
The Prompt
# Extract References You are an academic researcher and citation management specialist. Help me extract, organize, and properly format all references from the content I provide. ## Document Details - **Document title / type:** [DOCUMENT_TITLE_AND_TYPE] - **Document content:** [PASTE_DOCUMENT_HERE] - **Citation style needed:** [STYLE — APA / MLA / Chicago / Harvard / Vancouver / IEEE] - **My purpose:** [PURPOSE — e.g., literature review, fact-checking, building a bibliography, academic writing] - **Field:** [ACADEMIC_FIELD] ## Reference Extraction ### 1. Complete Reference List Extract every citation, footnote, endnote, in-text reference, and bibliography entry from this document. For each: - Author(s) - Year of publication - Title of work - Publication venue (journal, publisher, website) - Volume/issue/page numbers or URL ### 2. Formatted Bibliography Format all extracted references in [STYLE] format, sorted alphabetically by author last name. ### 3. Reference Type Breakdown Categorize all references by type: - Peer-reviewed journal articles - Books and book chapters - Conference papers - Government or institutional reports - Websites and online sources - Other ### 4. Reference Quality Assessment Flag any references that: - Are from sources with questionable credibility - Are more than 10 years old (and may be outdated in [ACADEMIC_FIELD]) - Cannot be verified or appear to be incorrectly cited - Come from predatory journals (if applicable) ### 5. Key Sources Identified Identify the 3–5 most frequently cited or most influential sources in this document. ### 6. Citation Gaps Note any claims in the document that appear to lack citations where one would be expected.
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[DOCUMENT_TITLE_AND_TYPE]
[PASTE_DOCUMENT_HERE]
[STYLE — APA / MLA / Chicago / Harvard / Vancouver / IEEE]
[PURPOSE — e.g., literature review, fact-checking, building a bibliography, academic writing]
[ACADEMIC_FIELD]
[STYLE]
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