There are many citation styles. So, check with your professor or the journal you're trying to publish in to see which style they prefer.
Citation Styles
Council of Science Editors (CSE) Style Manual
A print copy of the 8th edition is found in the Science Library Reference stacks. LB 2369 C68 2014
APA style is frequently used in the sciences.
From the U.K.'s Digital Curation Centre (DDC), this guide shows how and why to cite data. It's also available in PDF format.
Many citation styles require an abbreviation of the journal title. Use this resource to look up the abbreviation for the journal you're citing.
Written by M. R. C. van Donegan and published by Springer, this full length book provides introductory and advanced topics on using LaTeX to write articles, books, reports, or theses.
This is a brief tutorial on using LaTeX in Overleaf.
The Not So Short Introduction to LaTeX
This guide provides detailed instruction on using LaTeX.
Citation managers are tools that can collect and manage pdfs while also creating bibliographies. There are a few options, including:
Zotero
Free. View a guide for additional help.
EndNote
EndNote Online is available to the UAlbany community through Web of Science.
Mendeley
A free citation manager as well as academic social network.