Navigate to the directory where you are storing your manuscript, and save the file. If you'd like to export all of the references in a certain library to BibTeX, click on the Actions drop-down menu and select "Export Library." If you'd like to export only certain references, select those references using control-clicks and shift-clicks, then right click one of them and select "Export Selected Items."įrom the dialog box that pops up, select the BibTeX format, and click OK. Each reference in the bibliography file is formatted with a certain structure and is given a "key" by which the author can refer to it in the source file. A BibTex user creates a bibliography file that is separate from the LaTeX source file, wth a file extension of. tex.īibTex is a bibliographic tool that is used with LaTeX to help organize the user's references and create a bibliography. The source file for the document has a file extension of. LaTeX is a typesetting program that takes a plain text file with various commands in it and converts it to a formatted document based on the commands that it has been given.