diff --git a/public/js/search.js b/public/js/search.js
index b6afd537c98faa6d443cc15a2a94ce57b0260cd9..352f451aef2993b33a8a61a9f998dcf549eed3af 100644
--- a/public/js/search.js
+++ b/public/js/search.js
@@ -59,6 +59,107 @@ var stuff_paper = []
 //     }
 //     // stuff.forEach(addcontent());
 //     });
+
+
+  //
+ // begining of xlsx to json coversion
+//
+
+var jsonContent = [];
+
+/* set up XMLHttpRequest */
+var url = "./content/CitationSheet.xlsx";
+var xmlHttpRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();
+xmlHttpRequest.open("GET", url, true);
+xmlHttpRequest.responseType = "arraybuffer";
+
+xmlHttpRequest.onload = function(e) {
+    var arraybuffer = xmlHttpRequest.response;
+
+    // convert data to binary string //
+    var data = new Uint8Array(arraybuffer);
+    var arr = new Array();
+    for (var i = 0; i != data.length; ++i) arr[i] = String.fromCharCode(data[i]);
+            var bstr = arr.join("");
+
+            // Call XLSX //
+            var workbook = XLSX.read(bstr, {
+                type: "binary"
+            });
+
+            // DO SOMETHING WITH workbook HERE //
+            var first_sheet_name = workbook.SheetNames[0];
+            // Get worksheet //
+            var worksheet = workbook.Sheets[first_sheet_name];
+
+            var jsonOutput = XLSX.utils.sheet_to_json(worksheet);
+
+            for (i=0; i < jsonOutput.length; i++){
+                var item = {
+                    "item": {"title": "",
+                    "project": "",
+                    "authors": [],
+                    "imageLink":"",
+                    "keywords":"",
+                    "journal": {"name":"journal","volume":"","year":"","pages":""},
+                    "DOI":""},
+                    "links": {"pdf":"","url": "","demo": ""}
+                  }
+                var authors = jsonOutput[i].Authors.replace("and " ,"").trim().split(",");
+
+                item["item"].title = jsonOutput[i].Titel;
+                item["item"].project = jsonOutput[i].Project;
+                for (j=0; j < authors.length; j++){
+                    var author = {
+                        "firstName": "",
+                        "lastName": ""
+                    }
+                    if (authors[j].trim().split(" ").length == 1){
+                        author["firstName"] = authors[j].trim().split(".")[0];
+                        author["lastName"] = authors[j].trim().split(".")[1];
+                        item["item"].authors.push(author);
+                    }
+                    else if (authors[j].trim().split(" ").length == 2){
+                        author["firstName"] = authors[j].trim().split(" ")[0];
+                        author["lastName"] = authors[j].trim().split(" ")[1];
+                        item["item"].authors.push(author);
+                    }
+                    else if (authors[j].trim().split(" ").length == 3) {
+                        author["firstName"] = authors[j].trim().split(" ")[0];
+                        author["lastName"] = authors[j].trim().split(" ")[2];
+                        item["item"].authors.push(author);
+                    }
+                    
+                }
+                item["item"].imageLink = jsonOutput[i]["Path to demo image"]
+                if (jsonOutput[i].Keywords != undefined){
+                    item["item"].keywords = jsonOutput[i].Keywords.split(",");
+                }
+                else {
+                    item["item"].keywords = jsonOutput[i].Keywords;
+                }
+                item["item"].journal.name = jsonOutput[i].Journal;
+                item["item"].journal.volume = jsonOutput[i].Volume;
+                item["item"].journal.year = jsonOutput[i].Year;
+                item["item"].journal.pages = jsonOutput[i].Pages;
+                item["item"].DOI = jsonOutput[i].DOI;
+                item["links"].pdf = jsonOutput[i].URL;
+                item["links"].url = jsonOutput[i].URL;
+                item["links"].demo = jsonOutput[i].URL;
+
+                jsonContent.push(item);
+
+            }
+            console.log(jsonContent);
+
+}
+xmlHttpRequest.send();
+
+  //
+ // ending of xlsx to json coversion
+//
+
+
 $(document).ready(function(){
     $.getJSON("./content/content.json", function(result){
     stuff = result;
@@ -177,4 +278,4 @@ input.addEventListener("keyup", function(event) {
 
    document.getElementById("search-button_paper").click();
   }
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+});