May 28, 2023 · I am writing a paper on Overleaf and synced my bib-file with a Zotero private group to keep my references automatically updated (explained here). While this generally works, only about 20 out of my...

Mar 29, 2020 · The Zotero Web Exporter API, which Overleaf's "import Zotero library" hook into, is completely separate from your Zotero Desktop exporter, and can't be customised. If you want to use Better BibTeX output, you will need to export the .bib from your Zotero Desktop and upload it into your Overleaf project.

Nov 30, 2023 · The Better BibTex plugin for Zotero changes the way citation keys are generated. Zotero has a default format which the Better BibTex plugin modifies. This can be changed in Preferences -> Better BibTex -> Open Better BibTex preferences -> Citation keys -> typing " [zotero]" for the "Citation key formula".

Nov 13, 2018 · I'm also using Zotero to generate the bib file, then I'm using BibTeX and Natbib for a paper and I'm trying to find a style, preferably something that looks like APA or at least uses name and year formats in the parenthetical citations, that will work for less common sources. For instance, one of my sources is a blog post.

Feb 7, 2020 · In the Zotero import format settings choose BibTeX if your document uses classical BibTeX to produce the bibliography and biblatex if you document uses biblatex to produce the bibliography. Of course now the new questions are Should you choose biblatex or BibTeX to produce the bibliography for a new document that doesn't already have a bibliography set up. …

Dec 6, 2013 · Go to Zotero Preferences. Click the Export tab. Select BibTeX as the Default Output Format, and close Preferences. Now, whenever you want to copy a few refs from Zotero to BibDesk, Select the desired references in Zotero and either: Drag-and-drop them on BibDesk. Or, press Cmd+Shift+C Go to BibDesk. elect the "New Publications from Clipboard" menu item. …

All of theese programms can produce faulty bib files, so you should test them before use them in your LaTeX thesis or other document. I know for example, that Zotero exports the abstact and other parts not usually used in BiBTeX files, containing wrong letters or missed field end sign } or ". Some of my students had to fight with that thing.

I generated a .bib file from a Zotero collection, and try to generate a bibliography in my latex document. However, the references generated in the document fail to get the year of publication correctly, all though it is present in the .bib file.

Dec 25, 2012 · Zotero allows import and export of Bibtex files into your Zotero database, and Zotero offers macros that allow you to insert/edit references from your Zotero database in Word and Open/Libre Office and to make reflists from them, but it is tricky to keep your Zotero and Bibtex databases in sync, because Zotero has a different internal ...

Now I just tried to run Biblatex as backend on a different bib file on the same tex file: now Biblatex compiles successfully. I then guess Biblatex doesn't like my bib file exported from Zotero. From where I start to get my bib compatible with Biblatex? MWE (When I replace backend=biber with backend=biblatex the following works): %test.tex