BibTeX, biblatex and biber ⇒ surname first + initial with JabRef and BibTeX

[alirezagoodarzi]

Hi
My files are in Overleaf online service.
I installed JabRef locally and make my .bib file in BibTex format.
To be able to have my references in Surname Ini.(name) format, I am trying to use apalike to have surname first and name initial.
I tried that:

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\usepackage{apalike}
\usepackage{natbib}

But I get this error:

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/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/natbib/natbib.sty:637:
LaTeX Error: Command \bibhang already defined.

Then found that in forum:

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    \usepackage{apalike}
    \let\bibhang\relax
    \usepackage{natbib}

but got this error:

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./proposal.aux:56:
Package natbib Error: Bibliography not compatible with author-year citations.

I checked all references to have "Year" and they have.

I have some Misc references that refer to URLs. Is it possible they make the problem?


Any ideas what to do?
Thanks

[Johannes_B]

hi and welcome,

you have to decide, either use natbib or apalike as both do more or less the same.

In this modern times, using package biblatex is encouraged. It is much more flexible and the style of the bibliography can be changed using LaTeX commands.

[alirezagoodarzi]

hi and welcome,

you have to decide, either use natbib or apalike as both do more or less the same.

In this modern times, using package biblatex is encouraged. It is much more flexible and the style of the bibliography can be changed using LaTeX commands.

Thanks for fast reply.