7. A computer system for generating a reference note in an electronic document when directly quoting information from another electronic document, the computer system comprising: one or more processors, one or more computer-readable memories and one or more computer-readable tangible storage devices; program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to receive a user-selected first insertion point or replacement area designation received from a first user interface to a destination electronic document; program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to display a second user interface subsequent to receiving the first insertion point or replacement area designation, the second user interface being configured to allow a user to manipulate a source electronic document; program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to receive from a user a selection of an amount text content in the source electronic document via the second user interface to be quoted from the source user interface to the first insertion point or replacement area; program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to, subsequent receiving the selection, automatically copy the selection to a transfer buffer; program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to capture and record one or more source reference data items corresponding to the selection simultaneously with or subsequent to copying the selection content; and program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to generate in the destination electronic document one or more human-readable reference notes containing the captured source reference data items, the one or more reference notes being selected from the group consisting of a footnote, an endnote, a table of references entry, and a bibliographical entry.
7. A computer system for generating a reference note in an electronic document when directly quoting information from another electronic document, the computer system comprising: one or more processors, one or more computer-readable memories and one or more computer-readable tangible storage devices; program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to receive a user-selected first insertion point or replacement area designation received from a first user interface to a destination electronic document; program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to display a second user interface subsequent to receiving the first insertion point or replacement area designation, the second user interface being configured to allow a user to manipulate a source electronic document; program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to receive from a user a selection of an amount text content in the source electronic document via the second user interface to be quoted from the source user interface to the first insertion point or replacement area; program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to, subsequent receiving the selection, automatically copy the selection to a transfer buffer; program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to capture and record one or more source reference data items corresponding to the selection simultaneously with or subsequent to copying the selection content; and program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to generate in the destination electronic document one or more human-readable reference notes containing the captured source reference data items, the one or more reference notes being selected from the group consisting of a footnote, an endnote, a table of references entry, and a bibliographical entry. 10. The computer system as set forth in claim 7 wherein the program instructions to capture and record one or more reference data items capture an author identifier for the copied selection.