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Mastering Bibliography Styles in LaTeX/Overleaf: A Quick Guide for BibTeX, natbib, and BibLaTeX

Do you use LaTeX or Overleaf and need help customizing bibliography styles for your documents? Whether in BibTeX, natbib, or BibLaTeX, bibliography style customization can be slightly confusing initially, especially as the style names could be clear guides. We will show you how to change the bibliography style in each system, with the essential styles listed in a table. As there are three options in LaTeX (and therefore in Overleaf), we will go from the classic BibTeX to the versatile natbib to the modern BibLaTeX; you will find here a step-by-step guide to customize your bibliography to your needs. Let’s dive in and uncover the secrets of bibliography styles in LaTeX!

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BibTeX relies on .bst (BibTeX Style) files to format the bibliography style in your .tex documents. To change the style, you need to change the .bst file being used.

Locate or Choose a .bst File : Find an appropriate .bst file that corresponds to the style you desire. Common styles include plain , abbrv , alpha , etc. Alternatively, you can find or create custom .bst files.

Define the .bst File in the LaTeX Document :

BibTeX style examples

Run BibTeX : After making changes to your LaTeX document, run BibTeX to generate the bibliography. The command typically looks like this:

Compile LaTeX Document : Finally, compile your LaTeX document with LaTeX again (and possibly multiple times to resolve cross-references).

natbib is a package for bibliographies that provides additional citation commands and flexibility. To change the bibliography style with natbib:

Choose a Citation Style : natbib provides several citation styles such as plainnat , abbrvnat , etc. You can use BibTeX styles with natbib, but you may find that the following styles offer more functionality.

Define the bibliography Style in the LaTeX Document : Also, import the natbib package with the desired style:

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Overleaf: Online LaTeX Editor

Overleaf.com , created from the merger of WriteLaTeX and ShareLaTeX , is a cloud-based LaTeX editor tailored for collaborative creation and publication of academic documents.

With more than 10 million users worldwide, it is a top editor for academics. It features a wide range of pre-installed tools that can be easily activated. Overleaf offers a wide range of templates that meet the design guidelines of most academic journals. This is complemented by a range of templates for university journals, compiled from the user-maintained collection in the Overleaf Gallery.

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Getting started

The following explains how to create a new project in Overleaf, either by starting from scratch, uploading your own files or using one of the many templates available.

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BibTeX is a popular reference management system used in LaTeX. It allows you to create a separate bibliography file with all your references and then cite them in your LaTeX document. Here are the steps to using BibTeX in Overleaf:

• Create a new file in your Overleaf project and name it “references.bib.”
• Open the “references.bib” file and add your references in the following format:
• In your LaTeX document, add the following commands where you want your citations to appear:

The bibliography command tells LaTeX where to find your bibliography file, while the bibliographystyle command specifies the citation style you want to use.

• To cite a reference, use the \cite{AuthorYear} command in your LaTeX document. This command will generate a citation in the format specified by the bibliographystyle command.

Natbib is another popular citation management system used in LaTeX. It provides more flexibility in formatting citations and references than BibTeX. Here are the steps to using Natbib in Overleaf:

• Add the following commands to your LaTeX document’s preamble:

In your LaTeX document, use the \citep{AuthorYear} command to create a parenthetical citation or the \citet{AuthorYear} command to create a citation in the text.

To create a bibliography, add the following command to the end of your document:

• In your “references.bib” file, add your references in the following format:

BibLaTeX is a newer reference management system that provides even more flexibility than Natbib. It allows you to use different citation styles within the same document and provides more control over the formatting of references. Here are the steps to using BibLaTeX in Overleaf:

The style option specifies the citation style you want to use, and the backend option specifies the reference management system you want to use BibTeX in this case.

• In your LaTeX document, use the \parencite{AuthorYear} command to create a parenthetical citation or the \textcite{Author}

LaTeX basics

• Document class : Begin your LaTeX document by selecting a document class, such as article , report , or book . This determines the overall layout and formatting.
• Preamble : The preamble is the area between \documentclass and \begin{document} . It’s where you load packages, define commands, and set document-wide settings.
• Sections : Use \section , \subsection , and \subsubsection to organize your document into sections. LaTeX automatically numbers them.
• Text formatting : You can format text using commands like \textbf for bold, \textit for italics, \underline for underline, and \texttt for typewriter font.
• Lists : Create bulleted lists with the itemize environment, numbered lists with the enumerate environment, and description lists with the description environment.
• Mathematics : LaTeX excels at typesetting mathematical formulas. Use $...$ for inline math and \[...\] or equation environment for displayed math. You can use symbols, equations, matrices, fractions, and more.
• Figures and tables : Use the graphicx package to include figures ( \includegraphics ). For tables, use the tabular environment, and you can add captions using the caption package.
• References : Label important sections, equations, figures, or tables with \label and refer to them later using \ref or \eqref .
• Citations and bibliography : Manage references using BibTeX or BibLaTeX. Cite references in your document with \cite or \parencite and create a bibliography using \bibliography or \printbibliography .
• Compilation : Save your LaTeX file with a .tex extension. Compile it using a LaTeX distribution like TeX Live or MiKTeX, either through a command-line tool or a LaTeX editor like TeXstudio, Overleaf, or ShareLaTeX.

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Using bibliographies on Overleaf

• 1 Introduction
• 2 Creating your bibliography database
• 3 Uploading your bibliography database
• 4 Using a template
• 5 Supported bibliography packages

Introduction

It's possible to include references in Overleaf using all of L a T e X 's major bibliography management programs: biblatex, natbib and bibtex. This article explains how to:

• manually create a new .bib file for storing your bibliography database
• upload an existing .bib file into your Overleaf project
• create a .bib file starting from an Overleaf template.

Note : If you have a paid Overleaf account, the article How to link your Overleaf account to Mendeley and Zotero shows how to create a .bib file by importing references from Mendeley or Zotero.

Creating your bibliography database

To create a new bibliography file in your Overleaf project, in the editor, click New File icon:

An input box will appear for you to set the name of the new file. The file should have the .bib extension, in this example it is called mybibliography.bib . Now click on Create .

Now you can import this .bib file in the main .tex file. See the next example.

The command \addbibresource{mybibliography.bib} adds the created bibliography file to the document so you can use those references. See Bibliography management in LaTeX for more information about bibliography management.

Uploading your bibliography database

If you already have a bibliography file that you need to use in a Overleaf project, you can upload it. Click the Upload icon located on top of the left panel.

A dialog box will appear, you can either drag and drop the .bib file(s), or choose select from your computer to upload file(s) from your device.

Once the upload process is finished you can include the .bib file in your main .tex document.

Using a template

The Overleaf Gallery provides a large collection of templates, including several bibliography-related templates:

For example, a Gallery search lists the entry Multiple bibliographies with bibunits which shows how to create multiple bibliographies/reference lists in the same document:

If you select "Open as Template" Overleaf will create a new project which you can modify and use as a basis for your work:

Supported bibliography packages

For more information about bibliography management in L a T e X see.

• Bibliography management in LaTeX (using biblatex)
• Bibliography management with natbib
• Bibliography management with bibtex
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Overleaf guides

• Creating a document in Overleaf
• Uploading a project
• Copying a project
• Creating a project from a template
• Using the Overleaf project menu
• Including images in Overleaf
• Exporting your work from Overleaf
• Working offline in Overleaf
• Using Track Changes in Overleaf
• Using bibliographies in Overleaf
• Sharing your work with others
• Using the History feature
• Debugging Compilation timeout errors
• How-to guides
• Guide to Overleaf’s premium features

LaTeX Basics

• Creating your first LaTeX document
• Choosing a LaTeX Compiler
• Paragraphs and new lines
• Bold, italics and underlining

Mathematics

• Mathematical expressions
• Subscripts and superscripts
• Brackets and Parentheses
• Fractions and Binomials
• Aligning equations
• Spacing in math mode
• Integrals, sums and limits
• Display style in math mode
• List of Greek letters and math symbols
• Mathematical fonts
• Using the Symbol Palette in Overleaf

Figures and tables

• Inserting Images
• Positioning Images and Tables
• Lists of Tables and Figures
• Drawing Diagrams Directly in LaTeX
• TikZ package

References and Citations

• Bibliography management with biblatex
• Bibtex bibliography styles
• Natbib bibliography styles
• Natbib citation styles
• Biblatex bibliography styles
• Biblatex citation styles
• Multilingual typesetting on Overleaf using polyglossia and fontspec
• Multilingual typesetting on Overleaf using babel and fontspec
• International language support
• Quotations and quotation marks

Document structure

• Sections and chapters
• Table of contents
• Cross referencing sections, equations and floats
• Nomenclatures
• Management in a large project
• Multi-file LaTeX projects
• Lengths in L a T e X
• Headers and footers
• Page numbering
• Paragraph formatting
• Line breaks and blank spaces
• Text alignment
• Page size and margins
• Single sided and double sided documents
• Multiple columns
• Code listing
• Code Highlighting with minted
• Using colours in LaTeX
• Margin notes
• Font sizes, families, and styles
• Font typefaces
• Supporting modern fonts with X Ǝ L a T e X

Presentations

• Environments

Field specific

• Theorems and proofs
• Chemistry formulae
• Feynman diagrams
• Molecular orbital diagrams
• Chess notation
• Knitting patterns
• CircuiTikz package
• Pgfplots package
• Typesetting exams in LaTeX
• Attribute Value Matrices

Class files

• Understanding packages and class files
• List of packages and class files
• Writing your own package
• Writing your own class

Advanced TeX/LaTeX

• In-depth technical articles on TeX/LaTeX

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