Research Writing with Overleaf: Templates, Bibliographies, and Collaboration

Overleaf is an online LaTeX editor for writing, editing, and publishing documents in a collaborative cloud-based environment. This one-hour workshop is designed for participants with a basic Overleaf familiarity who would like to learn about some of Overleaf’s advanced features. We will begin by demonstrating how to import and structure existing documents in Overleaf, followed by examples of how to use the platform’s wide range of pre-existing templates, including for journal articles, theses, and posters. We will then cover practices for managing references and bibliographies, including integration with BibTeX and with reference management software like Mendeley. Finally, the session will highlight Overleaf’s collaborative tools, showing how to manage co-author contributions efficiently with version control and real-time editing. By the end of the workshop, attendees will have an appreciation of Overleaf’s features for creating professional and collaborative documents.