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[indranil143]

How to do citation in overleaf?

[samueltexa]

Its pretty simple, you just have to typically use BibTeX or biblatex.
Quick one using BibTeX:

1. Add a .bib file
   Create a new file in Overleaf (e.g., references.bib) and add entries like this:

   @article{lamport1994latex,
     title={LaTeX: A Document Preparation System},
     author={Lamport, Leslie},
     year={1994},
     publisher={Addison-Wesley}
   }

2. Cite in your main .tex file
   In your document, use \cite{lamport1994latex} where you want the citation.

3. Add these lines at the end of your document

   \bibliographystyle{plain}
   \bibliography{references}

4. Compile using PDFLaTeX → BibTeX → PDFLaTeX (twice)
   Overleaf usually handles this for you automatically.

[khaireddine24]

good idea.

[Kazuha787]

1. Create a .bib file
   Create a separate bibliography file called references.bib, and include your references in BibTeX format. Example:

@article{lamport1994latex,
  title={LaTeX: a document preparation system},
  author={Lamport, Leslie},
  journal={Addison Wesley},
  year={1994}
}

2. Add citation in your LaTeX file
   Use the \cite{} command to cite a reference from your .bib file:

According to \cite{lamport1994latex}, LaTeX is widely used in academia.

3. Link your bibliography file
   At the end of your .tex document, add the following lines to generate the bibliography:

\bibliographystyle{plain}   % Other styles: ieee, apa, unsrt, etc.
\bibliography{references}   % Name of your .bib file (without .bib extension)

4. Compile the document
   Overleaf automatically handles the compilation steps (PDFLaTeX → BibTeX → PDFLaTeX ×2) to make citations appear correctly.

eample

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

\title{My Research Paper}
\author{Your Name}
\date{\today}

\begin{document}

\maketitle

LaTeX is a powerful document preparation system \cite{lamport1994latex}.

\bibliographystyle{plain}
\bibliography{references}

\end{document}

hope you like this

[Gachelteon]

✅ 1. Create a .bib file (bibliography database)
In Overleaf:

Click “Add file” → “New file” → name it something like references.bib.

@book{garcia2016chaos,
title={Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley},
author={García Martínez, Antonio},
year={2016},
publisher={Harper}
}

@Article{einstein1935can,
title={Can quantum-mechanical description of physical reality be considered complete?},
author={Einstein, Albert and Podolsky, Boris and Rosen, Nathan},
journal={Physical Review},
volume={47},
number={10},
pages={777},
year={1935}
}

✅ 2. In your main .tex file, add these lines
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[backend=bibtex]{biblatex} % or backend=biber
\addbibresource{references.bib} % your .bib file name

\begin{document}

According to \cite{garcia2016chaos}, Silicon Valley is a chaotic ecosystem.

\printbibliography % prints the full reference list

\end{document}

🛠️ Tips
Use \cite{key} to cite where key is from your .bib entry (garcia2016chaos).

Use \textcite{key} for in-text citations (e.g., "Einstein (1935) argues...") if you’re using biblatex.

If you're using a template that uses natbib, replace biblatex with natbib.