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LaTeX and Overleaf

A guide to LaTeX, a document preparation system.

BibTeX

BibTeX Project
The BibTeX project website provides information on how to use it along with a range of tools to help edit and manipulate BibTeX files.

Useful Citation Packages

BibLaTeX
BibLaTeX uses its own data back end program called “biber” to read and process the bibliographic data. With biber, biblatex can offer many features other bibliography systems cannot.
Apacite
The apacite package is meant to be used when citing in APA format.
Natbib
Natbib provides a citation package that is customizable to a variety of citation styles.

Exporting from Citation Software

Exporting Zotero library to BibTeX
Detailed instructions how to export a Zotero library into BibTeX format
Exporting Endnote library to BibTeX
Instructions on how to export reference from Endnote into BibTeX format
Exporting Mendeley Library to BibTeX

Integration Features

Overleaf can integrate with your Zotero or Mendeley software so references are automatically added to Overleaf. It also synchronizes with Github repositories.

Zotero and Mendeley integration
Overleaf makes it possible to link Mendeley and Zotero to your Overleaf account using the Reference Manager Integrations.
Github Synchronization
With Overleaf you can link your projects with a local Git repositories or synchronize them with Git repositories hosted on GitHub