Using Zotero for reference management in Overleaf

If you don't already have Zotero, you can download it from Zotero's web page . Information about how to use Zotero can be found on the page about reference management programs .

In the following video we demonstrate how you can connect your Zotero library to Overleaf. If you prefer written instructions you find them below the video.

Using Zotero in Overleaf 

• Make sure you have a Premium account. Create your account by going to overleaf.com, click on log in > log in with  Single Sign On  and log in with your KTH credentials. 

• If you already have an account, you can merge it with the KTH account. 

Link Zotero to Overleaf 

• Go to Account > Account settings > Reference managers > Zotero integration > Link
  Select Accept default

In Overleaf 

All commands start with a backslash \ (Windows: AltGr+?. Mac: shift+alt+7) 

On Overleafs pages How to link your Overleaf account to Mendeley  and Zotero och Bibliography management in LaTex  you can read more about reference management in Overleaf.  

• In your document, add this to the preamble:
  \usepackage[
  backend=biber,
   ]{biblatex} 

Import a file with references to you project 

• Go to the project. 

• Click upload icon  

• Choose From Zotero 

• Choose BibLaTeX or BibTeX. If unsure, go with BibLaTeX. 

• If you add references to Zotero and you want to use them in Overleaf, you need to refresh the file from Zotero 

• Connect the file with references to the document by putting this in the preamble.
  \addbibresource{references.bib} 

• To add a citation, use:
  \cite 

When you start typing the command, you are given the opportunity to select the reference key of the source you want to refer to within the brackets.

• Or, if you want to add parentheses to your in-text citation:
  \parencite 
• To add a bibliography, use:
  \printbibliography 

Change reference styles by adding the style=stylename argument to the \usepackage command in your preamble. You can find all available styles here .
\usepackage[
 backend=biber,
 style=stylename,
 ]{biblatex} 

To change style, simply replace stylename with apa, ieee or whatever style you prefer. 

If you are using an author-date style, such as apa, you probably want to use \parencite for your in-text citations to make them look right.