1. An article of manufacture for monitoring activities of a person quoting information verbatim in an electronic document file being authored, said article comprising: a computer readable medium suitable for encoding computer program code; and one or more program codes encoded by said medium configured to perform the steps of: (a) receiving a user-selected first insertion point or replacement area for placement of verbatim quoted information within a first user interface to a destination electronic document file; (b) subsequent to receiving said first insertion point, providing a source user interface to a user-selected source electronic document file upon user command; (c) subsequent to providing said source user interface, receiving a user selection of text content to be transferred from said source user interface to said first insertion point or replacement area; (d) subsequent to receiving said user selection of content, automatically copying said selected content to a transfer buffer without requiring said user to return to said first user interface; (e) capturing and recording one or more source reference data items corresponding to said selected content simultaneously with or subsequent to said automatic copying; (f) producing in said destination electronic document file a footnote, endnote, or bibliographical entry comprising said captured source reference data items; and (g) automatically generating a human-readable monitor report containing said recorded source reference data items and an identity indicator of said user.