A mechanism for referencing a portion of a document. A method includes identifying, by a processing device of a user device, a portion of a document, the portion selected by a user of the user device. The method also includes displaying, by the processing device, the selected portion of the document as a graphical representation of an icon on the user device. The method also includes detecting, by the processing device, a reference to the icon displaying the selected portion of the document, the reference performed by the user. The method further includes providing, by the processing device, the referenced selected portion of the document associated with the icon to the user.