How to use abntex2-alf (abntex2) to cite in Overleaf?

abntex2-alf.bst is already integrated with Overleaf and does not need to be explicitly uploaded. As soon as you define abntex2-alf in your work's document structure (with the command \bibliographystyle{abntex2-alf} - The file extension .bst can be omitted.), this style is recognized immediately, and you start can to work with it.

Here is an example of how abntex2-alf (abntex2) is declared in a document:

The following example includes the style definition and the connection to the literature database samples.bib.

   \documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{article}
   \begin{document}
   \section{First chapter}
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   \medskip
   %bibliographystyle 'abntex2-alf.bst'
   \bibliographystyle{abntex2-alf}
   %bibliography file 'samples.bib'.
   \bibliography{sample}
   \end{document}

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