Preferred way of handling bibliography in academic writing

Question

I write a B.Sc. thesis in google docs. They don't have a good way for references. They have something called citations which is not good for thesis. I've done my bibliography the IEEE way (IIUC) and use brackets like [x] for a reference from the bibliography.

Example

A security problem with hardware peripherals is that an operating system usually trusts a connected hardware peripheral that in practice can be used for abuse such as data theft or computer hijacking [7].

Now it is cumbersome to change the whole list if I insert an alphabetical reference in the middle or in the beginning, then I must rearrange all my references in the whole text and there is no automation in google docs to do it. Should I change to another system that can handle references or is there any good way to achieve what I'm trying to do?

Answer 1

Google Docs does not directly support endnotes or alternate styles of citation, but there are multiple free Add-ons that might help, such as PaperPile, EasyBib, ProQuest RefWorks, F1000, and colwiz, according to a Google Docs volunteer and mentor on the Google Docs forum.

I looked at the web page for a few of these and they do look promising. It depends on how much of their functionality is accessible and a Google Docs Add-on.