LaTeX is a high-quality typesetting system; it includes features designed for the production of technical and scientific documentation.
For more information about how to get started using LaTeX and BibTex, click here.
BibTex is a file format used for lists of references for LaTeX documents. With some citation managers, you can manage references within the manager and export references in BibTeX format, meaning you can manage the references within the citation manager and then integrate them into your LaTeX files.
The following instructions will show you how to create an automatically syncing BibTeX file for your LaTeX document using Mendeley Desktop. These steps do not include how to add citations to your Mendeley Desktop library. See our instructions for help with adding citations to your Mendeley Desktop Library. These instructions were adapted in part from the Royal Holloway University of London.
The citation key automatically generated by Mendeley Desktop to use with BibTeX is {AuthorYear}.
For additional help in integrating Mendeley Desktop and LaTeX, including videos detailing the steps above, please visit the following resources:
From the Royal Holloway University of London: https://libguides.rhul.ac.uk/c.php?g=380520&p=4650349
From the University of Melbourne: https://unimelb.libguides.com/c.php?g=565734&p=3897116