You're laying out a poster, not curating a library. You need citations that fit cleanly, match the required style, and don't break at the last minute.
Scholar Sidekick is built for that moment.
How it works
- Paste anything: a DOI, ISBN, PMID, arXiv ID, or URL
- Get a formatted citation instantly
- Copy it straight into your poster, caption, or references box
No importing. No syncing. No database to maintain.
The right tool for the job
Poster prep has different constraints:
- limited space
- strict formatting
- last-minute changes
Reference managers are powerful, but often slow and heavy for this workflow. If you just need a small set of citations to behave perfectly on a poster, Scholar Sidekick is probably the right tool.
Scholar Sidekick is best for
- Conference posters and e-posters
- Figures, captions, and footnotes
- Reference boxes with tight space constraints
- Last-minute citation fixes before printing or upload
What you get
- Stateless — nothing to clean up later
- Deterministic — stable formatting (same input → same output)
- Style-complete — 10k+ citation styles
- Format-first exports:
- Plain text
- BibTeX
- CSL JSON
- CSV
- RIS
- EndNote (Refer, XML)
- RefWorks
- MEDLINE
- Zotero RDF
It fits naturally into poster prep, not long-form writing.
