Adding a bibliography to an InDesign document

I'm trying to decide whether it would be best for me to switch to InDesign or Framemaker to replace my current word processing practice, which is to use MS Word for text and graphics-based docs and to use a TeX-based word processor for doing technical docs with math expressions in them. For InDesign, there are good equation editors (on the expensive side, though), CS4 InDesign has cross-reference capability, but what I don't see is any bibliography capability in InDesign, either within the product or as a third-party plug-in. How do people do bibliographies who use InDesign for technical document word processing?

Hi Bill,
Thanks so much for your reply. Unfortunately I did not communicate my
question very well. I know about Document>Insert. All I wish to do is to add
a blank page to my document. From page 100>101. Or between page 25 and page
26. If I can deleted a page,
I should be able to add a blank page. Yes? No? John

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