diff --git a/frontend/lit/NestedTag.js b/frontend/lit/NestedTag.js
index 8e2d038488..9f7c29a70a 100644
--- a/frontend/lit/NestedTag.js
+++ b/frontend/lit/NestedTag.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import React from "react";
 import ReactDOM from "react-dom";
+import {getReferenceTagListUrl} from "shared/utils/urls";
 
 import PaginatedReferenceList from "./components/PaginatedReferenceList";
 
@@ -61,6 +62,10 @@ class NestedTag {
         };
         ReactDOM.render(<PaginatedReferenceList settings={settings} canEdit={canEdit} />, el);
     }
+
+    get_list_link() {
+        return getReferenceTagListUrl(this.assessment_id, this.data.pk);
+    }
 }
 
 export default NestedTag;
diff --git a/frontend/lit/Reference.js b/frontend/lit/Reference.js
index 9a8332e165..62b3361ffb 100644
--- a/frontend/lit/Reference.js
+++ b/frontend/lit/Reference.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ class Reference {
         this.data = data;
         this._quickSearchText = `${data.title}-${data.year}-${data.authors}-${data.authors_short}`.toLowerCase();
         this.tags = data.tags.map(tagId => tagtree.dict[tagId]);
+        this.userTags = data.user_tags ? data.user_tags.map(tagId => tagtree.dict[tagId]) : [];
     }
 
     static get_detail_url(id, subtype) {
diff --git a/frontend/lit/ReferenceTreeBrowse/Main.js b/frontend/lit/ReferenceTreeBrowse/Main.js
index 74876e0370..30755c4e44 100644
--- a/frontend/lit/ReferenceTreeBrowse/Main.js
+++ b/frontend/lit/ReferenceTreeBrowse/Main.js
@@ -72,15 +72,17 @@ class ReferenceTreeMain extends Component {
                     ) : store.selectedTag === null ? (
                         <h4>Available references</h4>
                     ) : (
-                        <h4>
-                            <span>
-                                {selectedReferences && selectedReferences.length > 0
-                                    ? `${filteredReferences.length} references tagged:`
-                                    : "References tagged:"}
-                            </span>
+                        <div className="d-flex align-items-center">
+                            <h4>
+                                <span>
+                                    {selectedReferences && selectedReferences.length > 0
+                                        ? `${filteredReferences.length} references tagged:`
+                                        : "References tagged:"}
+                                </span>
+                            </h4>
                             <span className="ml-2 refTag">{store.selectedTag.get_full_name()}</span>
                             <span>{yearText}</span>
-                        </h4>
+                        </div>
                     )}
                 </div>
                 <div className="col-md-3">
diff --git a/frontend/lit/TagReferences/Main.js b/frontend/lit/TagReferences/Main.js
index 2cd454a70f..239a7a01cb 100644
--- a/frontend/lit/TagReferences/Main.js
+++ b/frontend/lit/TagReferences/Main.js
@@ -38,7 +38,10 @@ class TagReferencesMain extends Component {
     render() {
         const {store} = this.props,
             selectedReferencePk = store.selectedReference ? store.selectedReference.data.pk : null,
-            selectedReferenceTags = store.selectedReferenceTags ? store.selectedReferenceTags : [];
+            selectedReferenceTags = store.selectedReferenceTags ? store.selectedReferenceTags : [],
+            selectedReferenceUserTags = store.selectedReferenceUserTags
+                ? store.selectedReferenceUserTags
+                : [];
         return (
             <div className="row">
                 <div className={store.filterClass} id="refFilter">
@@ -66,7 +69,11 @@ class TagReferencesMain extends Component {
                                     {ref.tags.length > 0 ? (
                                         <i
                                             className="fa fa-tags"
-                                            title="tagged"
+                                            title={
+                                                store.config.conflict_resolution
+                                                    ? "has resolved tag(s)"
+                                                    : "tagged"
+                                            }
                                             aria-hidden="true"></i>
                                     ) : null}
                                 </p>
@@ -118,9 +125,32 @@ class TagReferencesMain extends Component {
                                 {selectedReferenceTags.map((tag, i) => (
                                     <span
                                         key={i}
-                                        title={tag.get_full_name()}
+                                        title={
+                                            store.config.conflict_resolution
+                                                ? "Resolved Tag: ".concat(tag.get_full_name())
+                                                : tag.get_full_name()
+                                        }
                                         className="refTag refTagEditing"
-                                        onClick={() => store.removeTag(tag)}>
+                                        onClick={
+                                            store.config.conflict_resolution
+                                                ? null
+                                                : () => store.removeTag(tag)
+                                        }>
+                                        {this.state.showFullTag
+                                            ? tag.get_full_name()
+                                            : tag.data.name}
+                                    </span>
+                                ))}
+                                {selectedReferenceUserTags.map((tag, i) => (
+                                    <span
+                                        key={i}
+                                        title={tag.get_full_name()}
+                                        className="refTag refUserTag refTagEditing"
+                                        onClick={
+                                            store.config.conflict_resolution
+                                                ? () => store.removeTag(tag)
+                                                : null
+                                        }>
                                         {this.state.showFullTag
                                             ? tag.get_full_name()
                                             : tag.data.name}
@@ -144,13 +174,13 @@ class TagReferencesMain extends Component {
                                 extraActions={[
                                     <div
                                         className="dropdown-item cursor-pointer"
-                                        key={3}
+                                        key={4}
                                         onClick={() => store.removeAllTags()}>
                                         &nbsp;Remove all tags
                                     </div>,
                                     <div
                                         className="dropdown-item cursor-pointer"
-                                        key={4}
+                                        key={5}
                                         onClick={() => {
                                             this.showFullTag.toggle();
                                             this.setState({showFullTag: this.showFullTag.value});
@@ -163,7 +193,7 @@ class TagReferencesMain extends Component {
                                     store.config.instructions.length > 0 ? (
                                         <div
                                             className="dropdown-item cursor-pointer"
-                                            key={5}
+                                            key={6}
                                             onClick={() => store.setInstructionsModal(true)}>
                                             &nbsp;View instructions
                                         </div>
@@ -202,7 +232,7 @@ class TagReferencesMain extends Component {
                     <TagTree
                         tagtree={toJS(store.tagtree)}
                         handleTagClick={tag => store.addTag(tag)}
-                        showTagHover={true}
+                        showTagHoverAdd={true}
                     />
                 </div>
                 <Modal
diff --git a/frontend/lit/TagReferences/store.js b/frontend/lit/TagReferences/store.js
index 4f54aa9c5b..4bcf83f0ff 100644
--- a/frontend/lit/TagReferences/store.js
+++ b/frontend/lit/TagReferences/store.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ class Store {
     @observable references = [];
     @observable selectedReference = null;
     @observable selectedReferenceTags = null;
+    @observable selectedReferenceUserTags = null;
     @observable errorOnSave = false;
     @observable filterClass = "";
     @observable showInstructionsModal = false;
@@ -29,22 +30,37 @@ class Store {
     @action.bound changeSelectedReference(reference) {
         this.selectedReference = reference;
         this.selectedReferenceTags = reference.tags.slice(0); // shallow copy
+        this.selectedReferenceUserTags = reference.userTags.slice(0);
     }
     @action.bound addTag(tag) {
         if (
             this.selectedReference &&
-            !_.find(this.selectedReferenceTags, el => el.data.pk === tag.data.pk)
+            !_.find(
+                this.config.conflict_resolution
+                    ? this.selectedReferenceUserTags
+                    : this.selectedReferenceTags,
+                el => el.data.pk === tag.data.pk
+            )
         ) {
-            this.selectedReferenceTags.push(tag);
+            this.config.conflict_resolution
+                ? this.selectedReferenceUserTags.push(tag)
+                : this.selectedReferenceTags.push(tag);
         }
     }
     @action.bound removeTag(tag) {
-        _.remove(this.selectedReferenceTags, el => el.data.pk === tag.data.pk);
+        _.remove(
+            this.config.conflict_resolution
+                ? this.selectedReferenceUserTags
+                : this.selectedReferenceTags,
+            el => el.data.pk === tag.data.pk
+        );
     }
     @action.bound saveAndNext() {
         const payload = {
                 pk: this.selectedReference.data.pk,
-                tags: this.selectedReferenceTags.map(tag => tag.data.pk),
+                tags: this.config.conflict_resolution
+                    ? this.selectedReferenceUserTags.map(tag => tag.data.pk)
+                    : this.selectedReferenceTags.map(tag => tag.data.pk),
             },
             success = () => {
                 const $el = $(this.saveIndicatorElement),
@@ -61,9 +77,11 @@ class Store {
                 $el.fadeIn().fadeOut({
                     complete: () => {
                         this.selectedReference.tags = toJS(this.selectedReferenceTags);
+                        this.selectedReference.userTags = toJS(this.selectedReferenceUserTags);
                         this.references.splice(index, 1, toJS(this.selectedReference));
                         this.selectedReference = null;
                         this.selectedReferenceTags = null;
+                        this.selectedReferenceUserTags = null;
                         if (this.references.length > index + 1) {
                             this.changeSelectedReference(this.references[index + 1]);
                         } else {
@@ -82,7 +100,9 @@ class Store {
         ).fail(failure);
     }
     @action.bound removeAllTags() {
-        this.selectedReferenceTags = [];
+        this.config.conflict_resolution
+            ? (this.selectedReferenceUserTags = [])
+            : (this.selectedReferenceTags = []);
     }
     @action.bound setSaveIndicatorElement(el) {
         this.saveIndicatorElement = el;
diff --git a/frontend/lit/components/Reference.js b/frontend/lit/components/Reference.js
index 847dde0871..64c5cb5c5b 100644
--- a/frontend/lit/components/Reference.js
+++ b/frontend/lit/components/Reference.js
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ class Reference extends Component {
             authors = data.authors || data.authors_short || reference.NO_AUTHORS_TEXT,
             year = data.year || "",
             actionItems = [
-                <ActionLink key={1} label="Edit reference" href={data.editReferenceUrl} />,
                 <ActionLink key={0} label="Edit reference tags" href={data.editTagUrl} />,
+                <ActionLink key={1} label="Edit reference" href={data.editReferenceUrl} />,
                 <ActionLink key={2} label="Delete reference" href={data.deleteReferenceUrl} />,
                 <ActionLink key={3} label="Tag history" href={data.tagHistoryUrl} />,
             ].concat(extraActions);
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ class Reference extends Component {
                 {data.abstract ? (
                     <div
                         className="abstracts resize-y p-2"
+                        style={data.abstract.length > 1500 ? {height: "45vh"} : null}
                         dangerouslySetInnerHTML={
                             keywordDict
                                 ? {__html: markKeywords(data.abstract, keywordDict)}
@@ -166,9 +167,10 @@ class Reference extends Component {
                     <p>
                         {tags.map((tag, i) => (
                             <a
+                                style={{color: "white"}}
                                 key={i}
                                 href={getReferenceTagListUrl(data.assessment_id, tag.data.pk)}
-                                className="referenceTag badge badge-info mr-1">
+                                className="refTag mt-1">
                                 {tag.get_full_name()}
                             </a>
                         ))}
diff --git a/frontend/lit/components/TagTree.js b/frontend/lit/components/TagTree.js
index e2ceedecac..fff72fa976 100644
--- a/frontend/lit/components/TagTree.js
+++ b/frontend/lit/components/TagTree.js
@@ -13,11 +13,7 @@ class TagNode extends Component {
         };
     }
     render() {
-        const {tag, showReferenceCount, handleOnClick, selectedTag, showTagHover} = this.props,
-            tagClass =
-                tag === selectedTag
-                    ? "d-flex nestedTag selected align-items-center"
-                    : "d-flex nestedTag align-items-center",
+        const {tag, showReferenceCount, handleOnClick, selectedTag, showTagHoverAdd} = this.props,
             hasChildren = tag.children.length > 0,
             expanderIcon = this.state.expanded ? "fa-minus" : "fa-plus",
             toggleExpander = e => {
@@ -29,7 +25,9 @@ class TagNode extends Component {
 
         return (
             <>
-                <div className={tagClass} onClick={() => handleOnClick(tag)}>
+                <div
+                    className={"d-flex nestedTag align-items-center"}
+                    onClick={() => handleOnClick(tag)}>
                     <div
                         className="d-flex justify-content-end"
                         style={{width: (tag.depth - 1) * 10 + 25}}>
@@ -41,7 +39,11 @@ class TagNode extends Component {
                             </button>
                         ) : null}
                     </div>
-                    <div className={showTagHover ? "tagName" : null} style={{flex: 1}}>
+                    <div
+                        className={(showTagHoverAdd ? "tagHoverAdd" : "tagHoverSimple").concat(
+                            tag === selectedTag ? " tagSelected" : ""
+                        )}
+                        style={{flex: 1}}>
                         <span>
                             {tag.data.name}
                             {showReferenceCount ? ` (${tag.get_references_deep().length})` : null}
@@ -56,7 +58,7 @@ class TagNode extends Component {
                               handleOnClick={handleOnClick}
                               showReferenceCount={showReferenceCount}
                               selectedTag={selectedTag}
-                              showTagHover={showTagHover}
+                              showTagHoverAdd={showTagHoverAdd}
                           />
                       ))
                     : null}
@@ -69,7 +71,7 @@ TagNode.propTypes = {
     handleOnClick: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
     showReferenceCount: PropTypes.bool.isRequired,
     selectedTag: PropTypes.object,
-    showTagHover: PropTypes.bool,
+    showTagHoverAdd: PropTypes.bool,
 };
 
 @observer
@@ -82,7 +84,7 @@ class TagTree extends Component {
             selectedTag,
             untaggedHandleClick,
             untaggedCount,
-            showTagHover,
+            showTagHoverAdd,
         } = this.props;
         return (
             <div id="litTagtree" className="resize-y p-2 mt-2">
@@ -93,7 +95,7 @@ class TagTree extends Component {
                         handleOnClick={handleTagClick}
                         showReferenceCount={showReferenceCount}
                         selectedTag={selectedTag}
-                        showTagHover={showTagHover}
+                        showTagHoverAdd={showTagHoverAdd}
                     />
                 ))}
                 {untaggedHandleClick ? (
@@ -112,12 +114,12 @@ TagTree.propTypes = {
     selectedTag: PropTypes.object,
     untaggedCount: PropTypes.number,
     untaggedHandleClick: PropTypes.func,
-    showTagHover: PropTypes.bool,
+    showTagHoverAdd: PropTypes.bool,
 };
 TagTree.defaultProps = {
     showReferenceCount: false,
     handleTagClick: h.noop,
-    showTagHover: false,
+    showTagHoverAdd: false,
 };
 
 export default TagTree;
diff --git a/hawc/apps/lit/managers.py b/hawc/apps/lit/managers.py
index 53ff3f8ef5..ec50549ac4 100644
--- a/hawc/apps/lit/managers.py
+++ b/hawc/apps/lit/managers.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 import pandas as pd
 from django.apps import apps
+from django.contrib.postgres.aggregates import ArrayAgg
 from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
 from django.core.validators import URLValidator
 from django.db import models
@@ -351,6 +352,18 @@ def prune_tags(self, root_tag, pruned_tags, descendants: bool = False):
         )
         return self.exclude(query).distinct("pk")
 
+    def user_tags(self, user_id: int) -> dict[int, list[int]]:
+        # Return a dictionary of reference_id: list[tag_ids] items for all references in a queryset
+        # TODO - update to annotate queryset with Django 4.1?
+        # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/ref/contrib/postgres/expressions/#arraysubquery-expressions
+        UserReferenceTag = apps.get_model("lit", "UserReferenceTag")
+        user_qs = (
+            UserReferenceTag.objects.filter(reference__in=self, user=user_id)
+            .annotate(tag_ids=ArrayAgg("tags__id"))
+            .values_list("reference_id", "tag_ids")
+        )
+        return {reference_id: tag_ids for reference_id, tag_ids in user_qs}
+
 
 class ReferenceManager(BaseManager):
 
diff --git a/hawc/apps/lit/serializers.py b/hawc/apps/lit/serializers.py
index 4438fc0c5d..a705aa788f 100644
--- a/hawc/apps/lit/serializers.py
+++ b/hawc/apps/lit/serializers.py
@@ -302,6 +302,7 @@ def to_representation(self, instance):
         )
         ret["editReferenceUrl"] = reverse("lit:ref_edit", args=(instance.pk,))
         ret["deleteReferenceUrl"] = reverse("lit:ref_delete", args=(instance.pk,))
+        ret["tagHistoryUrl"] = reverse("lit:tag-history", args=(instance.pk,))
 
         ret["identifiers"] = [ident.to_dict() for ident in instance.identifiers.all()]
         ret["searches"] = [search.to_dict() for search in instance.searches.all()]
diff --git a/hawc/apps/lit/templates/lit/overview.html b/hawc/apps/lit/templates/lit/overview.html
index a11e39c993..9239cf951b 100644
--- a/hawc/apps/lit/templates/lit/overview.html
+++ b/hawc/apps/lit/templates/lit/overview.html
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ <h3>Manually added references</h3>
 
   window.app.startup("litStartup", function(lit){
     let tagtree = new lit.TagTree(config.tags[0], config.assessment_id, null);
-    tagtree.render(document.getElementById('tags'))
+    tagtree.render(document.getElementById('tags'), {handleTagClick: (x) => {window.location.href = x.get_list_link()}})
   });
 
   const histo = document.getElementById("referenceYearHistogram");
diff --git a/hawc/apps/lit/views.py b/hawc/apps/lit/views.py
index 186aee3313..98ddfe0d31 100644
--- a/hawc/apps/lit/views.py
+++ b/hawc/apps/lit/views.py
@@ -286,14 +286,19 @@ def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
         return context
 
     def get_app_config(self, context) -> WebappConfig:
+        references = [ref.to_dict() for ref in context["object_list"]]
+        ref_tags = context["object_list"].user_tags(user_id=self.request.user.id)
+        for reference in references:
+            reference["user_tags"] = ref_tags.get(reference["pk"], [])
         return WebappConfig(
             app="litStartup",
             page="startupTagReferences",
             data=dict(
+                conflict_resolution=self.assessment.literature_settings.conflict_resolution,
                 keywords=self.assessment.literature_settings.get_keyword_data(),
                 instructions=self.assessment.literature_settings.screening_instructions,
                 tags=models.ReferenceFilterTag.get_all_tags(self.assessment.id),
-                refs=[ref.to_dict() for ref in context["object_list"]],
+                refs=references,
                 csrf=get_token(self.request),
             ),
         )
diff --git a/hawc/static/css/hawc.css b/hawc/static/css/hawc.css
index b178e896cb..e9deef0bd8 100644
--- a/hawc/static/css/hawc.css
+++ b/hawc/static/css/hawc.css
@@ -312,7 +312,6 @@ div.smart-tag.active {
 .abstracts {
     font-size: 1.15rem;
     margin-top: 0.25rem;
-    max-height: 50vh;
     background-color: #f5f5f5;
     border-radius: 6px;
 }
@@ -330,10 +329,16 @@ div.smart-tag.active {
     color: #ffffff;
     background-color: #162e51;
     border-radius: 10px;
+    border: 0.15rem dotted transparent;
     padding: 4px 7px 4px 7px;
     margin: 0 5px 7px 0;
     display: inline-block;
 }
+.refUserTag {
+    color: #162e51;
+    background-color: #ffffff;
+    border: 0.15rem dotted #162e51;
+}
 .referenceTag{
     text-align: left;
     white-space: pre-wrap;
@@ -349,7 +354,7 @@ div.smart-tag.active {
     border: 1px solid transparent;
 }
 
-.nestedTag > div.tagName {
+.nestedTag > div.tagHoverAdd {
     display: inline-block;
     position: relative;
     background: linear-gradient(0deg, #484848, #484848) no-repeat right bottom / 0 var(--bg-h);
@@ -361,12 +366,12 @@ div.smart-tag.active {
     border: 3px solid transparent;
 }
 
-.nestedTag > div.tagName:where(:hover, :focus-visible) {
+.nestedTag > div.tagHoverAdd:where(:hover, :focus-visible) {
     background-size: 100% var(--bg-h);
     background-position-x: left;
 }
 
-.nestedTag>div.tagName::before {
+.nestedTag>div.tagHoverAdd::before {
     color: #484848;
     content: "\f067";
     font-family: FontAwesome;
@@ -384,15 +389,25 @@ div.smart-tag.active {
     transition: all 75ms ease-in 125ms;
 }
 
-.nestedTag>div.tagName:hover::before {
+.nestedTag>div.tagHoverAdd:hover::before {
     transform: scale(1, 1);
 }
+.tagHoverSimple {
+    padding-left: 5px;
+    display: inline-block;
+    position: relative;
+    border: 2px solid transparent;
+    text-decoration: none;
+}
+.tagHoverSimple:hover, .tagSelected {
+    --bg-h: 2px;
+    background: linear-gradient(0deg, #484848, #484848) no-repeat right bottom / 0 var(--bg-h);
+    background-size: 100% var(--bg-h);
+    background-position-x: left;
+}
 
-.nestedTag.selected {
-    color: #0044cc;
+.tagSelected {
     font-weight: bold;
-    border: 2px solid #ababab;
-    background-color: gold;
 }
 .reference {
     padding-left: 0.5rem;