Research Guides: LaTeX, BibTeX, and Overleaf: LaTeX

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Install a LaTeX editor

Learn to use LaTeX

A (Not So) Short Introduction to LaTeX2ε
Getting Started with LaTeX
A primer by David R. Wilkins.
Online LaTeX tutorials
Series by Andy Roberts
LaTeX Wikibook
Video Tutorials
Video tutorials from ShareLaTeX (an online editor for LaTeX) on different aspects of LaTeX.
TeX Live
TeX Live is an easy way to get up and running with the TeX document production system.

Completed LaTeX document can be converted to PDF file using pdfLaTeX program that is available in the menu bar of your editor (Windows).

If this program is not available, conversion can be made using DVI.

The Comprehensive LaTeX Symbol List
CTAN (Comprehensive TEX Archive Network)
The Comprehensive TEX Archive Network (CTAN) is the central place for all kinds of material around TEX

STIX (Scientific and Technical Information Exchange) Fonts
Comprehensive, free source of fonts containing every character or symbol needed to prepare scientific publications made available by STI Pub Companies. Members of the consortium are the American Chemical Society (ACS), AIP Publishing, LLC, (AIP), the American Mathematical Society(AMS), the American Physical Society(APS), Elsevier, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
Detexify
Draw the symbol you are looking for and get the LaTeX code for it.

LaTeX Your Document
Easy to follow LaTeX instruction guide from Reed College.
LaTeX related Q&A from MIT
Find answers for many questions as: how to write equations, how to convert to PDF format, how to spell check, how to create a bibliography, etc.
How to include graphics tutorial
TeX Frequently Asked Questions
Provided by the TeX Users Group
The PracTeX Journal
Although this journal was discontinued, the articles in the archives are still relevant.