In the old days, you had to manually enter a reference. Now, most of your references collection probably comes from online searches. There are still times when you know a reference's author, publication year, and you just want to enter it into your database quickly without going through an online search. Biblioscape provides such a tool for you to quickly add a reference with minimum typing.
Rference Quick Add is the easiest way to add a reference to your database.
| 1. | Go the folder where you want to add the new reference. Click the Quick Add button  below the toolbar to bring out the Quick Add box. |
| 2. | Enter the text you think will uniquely identify a reference. Usually, it is the first author's last name, the year it was published, and a few words in the title. Press the Enter key. Biblioscape will search the Web to find the reference you want and add it automatically to the current folder. |
Note: The goal of reference Quick Add is to enter a reference with minimum typing. For example, if you know an author has published only one paper in 2007, you can just type the last name and the year. If you are not sure about the publication year, you can just type an author name and a few words in the title. Biblioscape may be able to find a match without a publication year. While searching for a match on the Web, Biblioscape will also check if the full text is available. Once a match is added, and the "PDF" tab at the bottom of the preview panel is changed to "PDF*", it means that the full text in PDF is available. You can click the "PDF*" tab to view it inside Biblioscape. If the full text is available as a web page or more information about full text availability can be found on a Web page, the "URL" tab will be changed to "URL*".