This article will guide you adding BibTex reference in your Texstudio within 5 minutes.
First, prepare two files in your source folder (where the .tex file located): plain.bst and ref.bib.
The first bst file describes the format of your reference and the second bib file is the place where you put your reference information in it. If you don't have the bst file, download it from this website: bsb file URL (it seems you can only open the plain.bsb file but can not download it. Then, you can create an empty plain.bsb under the source folder and copy the content into it ). You can choose a different format for your reference, but in this tutor