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BibLaTeX is the recommended bibliography system for new LaTeX projects.

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Minimal Setup

biblatex-minimal.tex
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[
  backend=biber,
  style=authoryear,
  sorting=nyt
]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{references.bib}

\begin{document}
Recent work \parencite{smith2024} extends prior results.
\printbibliography
\end{document}

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Common Commands

  • \textcite{key} for narrative citations.
  • \parencite{key} for parenthetical citations.
  • \autocite{key} when style controls output.

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Build Sequence

  1. LaTeX
  2. Biber
  3. LaTeX
  4. LaTeX