URL to BibTeX Converter — Online
Paste any webpage URL or article link and look up a BibTeX entry for Overleaf and LaTeX. Author, title, and publication date extracted automatically. Export BibTeX with Pro.
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What to do next
How does it work?
Step 1
Paste the URL
Enter any article URL, webpage, or doi.org link. CiteMe extracts the author, title, site name, and publish date automatically.
Step 2
Verify the metadata
CiteMe shows what it found. Confirm the title and author before exporting. For doi.org links, full journal metadata is retrieved from CrossRef.
Step 3
Copy your BibTeX entry
Get a @misc or @article BibTeX entry with author, title, howpublished (URL), note (access date), and year fields.
Which citation styles are supported?
Need it in a specific citation style?
Format the result in the style your paper requires — APA, MLA, Harvard, Vancouver, Chicago, or IEEE.
APA Citation Generator
Author-date format for psychology, social sciences, and education.
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Works Cited format for humanities and literature.
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Author-date common in UK and Australian universities.
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Numbered references for medicine and biomedical research.
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Notes-bibliography or author-date for history and the arts.
IEEE Citation Generator
Bracketed numbers for engineering and computer science.
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