Reference Management

What is LaTex?

"LaTeX (pronounced Lay-tech) is a high-quality typesetting system; it includes features designed for the production of technical and scientific documentation. LaTeX is the de facto standard for the communication and publication of scientific documents. LaTeX is available as free software.

You don't have to pay for using LaTeX, i.e., there are no license fees, etc. But you are, of course, invited to support the maintenance and development efforts through a donation to the TeX Users Group (choose LaTeX Project contribution) if you are satisfied with LaTeX." (https://www.latex-project.org/)

LaTeX Features

• Typesetting journal articles, technical reports, books, and slide presentations.
• Control over large documents containing sectioning, cross-references, tables and figures.
• Typesetting of complex mathematical formulas.
• Advanced typesetting of mathematics with AMS-LaTeX.
• Automatic generation of bibliographies and indexes.
• Multi-lingual typesetting.
• Inclusion of artwork, and process or spot colour.
• Using PostScript or Metafont fonts.

What is BibTeX?

BibTeX is a program that works with LaTeX to enable you to include in-text citations and a reference list in your LaTeX document. Many reference managers support (at some level) working with LaTeX and BibTeX.

The word ,,BibTeX'' stands for a tool and a file format which are used to describe and process lists of references, mostly in conjunction with LaTeX documents.

Here you can learn about the BibTeX File Format, How to use BibTeX, and BibTeX Tools which can help you to ease your BibTeX usage.

NEW: Be sure to try the Bib2x Online Converter which allows you to convert your BibTeX bibliographies into a few target formats. It is meant to serve as a demonstration of Bib2x, a tool that allows arbitrary conversion of BibTeX bibliographies using templates. (https://www.bibtex.org/)