## Citation Needed

The proper way to cite university references

### Inspiration

RefME got bought out my Cite This For Me and CTFM is terrible as it doesn't have the BCU-customised Harvard Referencing System. Many of the other Referencing Managers aren't that good either. We decided to fix this problem once and for all.

### What It Does

It takes your input and converts the information you provide into a correctly formatted BCU Harvard citation - provided it's a web source.

### How We Built It

A little bit of JS, loads of HTML, loads of CSS, loads of PHP, sprinkles of tears, a ton of swearing and loads of pain.

### Challenges We Ran Into

PHP. Indentation. Semi-colons. Enough said.

### Accomplishments That We're Proud Of

It works a lot better than we could have ever predicted.

### What We Learned

Don't use PHP.

### What's next for Citation Needed?

Extend it to other Referencing Systems and correct some of the design issues that are present. Also, finish actually building it.

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