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Add a .bib bibliography and cite from it anywhere in your text.

Add a bibliography

Embed a .bib file, alone on its own line, where you want the reference list to appear (usually a "References" page):

![[refs.bib]]

Obsitex registers the file in the preamble and prints the list at that spot:

% added to the preamble:
\addbibresource{./bib/refs.bib}

% at the embed location:
\printbibliography

Cite in your text

A direct citation [@meier2020] and one with a page number [@meier2020, p.~14].

A paraphrase with a prefix [cf. @meier2020, p.~14].

A direct citation \cite{meier2020} and one with a page number \cite[p.~14]{meier2020}.

A paraphrase with a prefix \cite[cf.][p.~14]{meier2020}.

• [@key] → a citation.
• [@key, locator] → with a page or section (the locator, e.g. p.~14).
• [prefix @key, locator] → adds a prefix such as "cf." before the citation.

Block quotes with a source

A longer, word-for-word quotation with its citation is covered on Callouts & block quotes.

How it looks in the PDF

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Screenshot needed: the compiled PDF showing an in-text citation and the generated reference list.

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Tips & pitfalls

• Citations need biblatex / biber — the standard templates load them.
• The .bib file is copied into a bib/ folder on export.