Abstract: Techniques are provided for organizing information in a document according to the rules of a particular style guide. Information for full references is collected and stored as both reference metadata in the metadata of the document, and as reference text in one or more locations in the text of the document. As information for a particular reference is input into a GUI, a depiction of reference text for the reference is automatically updated to reflect each new item of information, such that the depiction continually conforms to the rules of the particular style guide. A user may insert in-text citations, based on reference metadata in the metadata of the document, into the text of the document. A formatted in-text citation may be presented to a user for editing. The edited in-text citation is automatically inserted into the text of the document at a location indicated by the user.