 nodereference field the nodereference field stores the nid of a related node the title of the related node is usually displayed as the value of this field the nodereference field can use an autocomplete widget or when used with optionwidgets  the available values can be presented to the end user in a dropdown select list checkboxes or radios a nodereference field can be used in views to create a relationship to another node to allow you to use any field argument or filter from the related node in your view  