Referencing in Overleaf: Collecting references

Importing references from a database

For any databases you use to download references select the BibTex file, as this one will correspond with Overleaf.

For example in Compendex I’ve found an article I’m interested in and will download the BibTeX option:

Then you can drag and drop the BibTeX file into your Overleaf bibliography file or open it with a text editor such as Notepad and select the contents you want to include and copy and paste it into the bibliography:

Importing references from Endnote Online

You can collect your references in reference management software such as Endnote Online or Zotero and then export all of them as BibTeX files.

In EndNote Online go to ‘format’ then ‘export references’ then choose which collection of references you want to export next to ‘references’ then choose the export style to be ‘BibTeX Export’ then press ‘save’ which will then download your references.

Importing references from Zotero

For Zotero, the easiest way to import references is to link Overleaf to your Zotero library, however, if you want to import references manually from Zotero go to ‘file’ then ‘export Library’.

Then choose ‘BibTeX’ followed by ‘OK’. 

Then paste the file into the bib bibliography in Overleaf.