Shared References

Collecting sources takes time, and the same sources are often cited by many pieces of content. In Papercurve a reference document can be shared with its library, so it is uploaded and marked up once and then cited wherever it is needed.

Adding a reference document to your content

1. Open your draft and start a reference: select text and click the link icon, or drop a reference pin. See Rapid References.

2. In the Link Reference panel, click Add Reference Document.

3. Upload or Select Reference Document opens. It lists the reference documents shared in this library. Click one to add it to your content.

4. If your source is not there, click Upload. Choose the file, give it a title and, if you like, a description.

5. Leave Share with other documents in this library switched on to make the reference document available to the whole library. Switch it off to keep it private to this content.

6. Click Upload. The reference document is added to your content, ready for you to choose a citation.

Using a shared reference document

A shared reference document brings its marked passages with it. When someone else in the library has already marked the passage you need, you only have to click Link to Citation. When they haven’t, click Create New Annotation and mark it. Your new citation is then available to everyone else.

Where shared reference documents are kept

Every shared reference document in a library is listed under References in the top navigation bar. Documents uploaded there are always shared. See References Navigator.

Good to know

• Sharing is within one library. A reference document in one library can’t be cited from content in another.
• Content that uses shared reference documents can’t be moved to a different library.
• A reference document that is cited by content can’t be deleted. To see what cites it, see Reference Traceability.
• To keep references when you upload a new version, see Migrating References.