Your reference list should match your paper, so Dock generates it from the citations already in the document. Add a source and the entry appears, cut one and it disappears, change styles and the whole list reformats, in the right order, from real records, ready to export.
A bibliography is a list of the sources you actually used, so it should come from them. As you cite in the document, each source flows into the reference list automatically, fully formatted. You are not maintaining a second document by hand and hoping it matches your text. The list is derived from your citations, which means it reflects exactly what you cited, no more and no less.
The classic bibliography problem is the list that no longer matches the paper: a source you cut still sitting in the references, or one you added missing from them. Because the list is generated from your citations, that gap cannot open. Remove a citation and its entry disappears; add one and it appears; fix an author’s name once and it updates everywhere. The reference list and the text always agree.
Different styles order the bibliography differently: numbered styles list sources in order of appearance, author-date styles list them alphabetically by surname. You should not have to track that. The generator orders the list correctly for whichever of the seven styles you are using, and re-sorts it whenever the style or the sources change, so the section is ordered as the style requires every time.
A reference list is only finished when it survives the handoff. When you export to Word, PDF, or Markdown, the bibliography comes with the document, formatted to the style and in the right order, rather than collapsing into plain text you have to rebuild. The reference section you see in the editor is the one your reader or reviewer receives, with the formatting intact.
Generate your bibliography from the citations in your document, in any of seven styles, correctly ordered and always in sync. Sources come from real records, and the list exports clean to Word. Start free.