Documentation

Guides for getting started, citing, syncing and building on the Watson API.

In this section
Getting Started
Getting started with Watson Collecting references Organising your library
Citing
Citing as you write Managing citation styles
Syncing
How sync works
Collaborating
Working in groups
Developers
The Watson API Building plugins

Getting Started

Getting started with Watson Create an account, add your first reference and organise your library in five minutes — all in your browser.1…
Collecting references Save references from any website with the browser connector, add items by identifier (DOI, ISBN, PMID, arXiv)…
Organising your library Use nested collections to group items, colour-coded tags for cross-cutting themes, and saved searches for liv…

Citing

Citing as you write Install the plugin for Word, LibreOffice or Google Docs, then add citations from your library as you write. S…
Managing citation styles Open the style repository to search more than ten thousand CSL styles. Click install to add one. Dependent st…

Syncing

How sync works Data sync is free and unlimited and uses per-library version counters with a three-way merge, so offline edit…

Collaborating

Working in groups Create a group to share a library. Choose private, public-closed or public-open, assign roles, and let anyone…

Developers

The Watson API Watson offers a versioned REST API and a streaming service. Create an API key in your account settings, then …
Building plugins The plugin framework lets you add menus, item-pane sections, columns and reader hooks. Bundles load and unloa…