BibTeX reference and tools

Write bibliography entries, use them with LaTeX, and convert DOIs to BibTeX.

DOI → BibTeX

Lookups go straight from your browser to doi.org and the registration agency (Crossref, DataCite). bibtex.org does not see or store them.

More about the converter

From source to bibliography

BibTeX keeps references in a plain-text database. You cite entries by key, and a style decides how they are typeset. Hover over a field to see where it ends up.

1Entry in references.bib

@book{knuth1984texbook,← entry type, citation key
  author    = {Donald E. Knuth},  title     = {The {\TeX}book},  publisher = {Addison-Wesley},  address   = {Reading, Massachusetts},  year      = {1984}}

2Citation in your LaTeX document

As Knuth showed~\cite{knuth1984texbook}, …
 
\bibliographystyle{plainalphaapalike}
\bibliography{references}

Style:

3Typeset result

As Knuth showed [1][Knu84](Knuth, 1984), …

References

[1]Donald E. Knuth. The TeXbook. Addison-Wesley, Reading, Massachusetts, 1984.

[Knu84]Donald E. Knuth. The TeXbook. Addison-Wesley, Reading, Massachusetts, 1984.

Knuth, D. E. (1984). The TeXbook. Addison-Wesley, Reading, Massachusetts.