How to properly add bib to your latex project.
The problem
I have 100ās of references in my zotero library. When I bring them to my bib
file it ends up in a mess. There are many unwanted keys and there is no order to the references therein. This is the workflow that I have developed to handle the problem
Workflow
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**Better bibtex: **Use better bibtex plugin to clean up the export in zotero. After installation of the plugin, you can set the fields to omit. Goto
Preferences ->Better Bibtex -> Export
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**BibTeX Tidy: ** This website is excellent to beautify your bib file and clean up further. I use it to have proper indentation in my bib file and also to sort the enteries by year.