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+# citeproc-node-iojs
+A working citeproc-js wrapper for node and iojs.
+
+To download the styles and languages required for this module to work, run the following:
+````bash
+git submodule add git@github.com:citation-style-language/styles.git
+git submodule add git@github.com:citation-style-language/locales.git
+````
+
+Reference them when calling the wrapper. See test/test.js for how to do that.