Where to download BibLaTEX

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I'm trying to write my thesis using overleaf, but having trouble with the referencing. I've been told to use BibLaTEX but it doesn't seem to be formatting correctly see 1. From what I gather it's because I don't have the external software downloaded, but I'm confused as to what specifically I need and where to find it. I thought I downloaded this from CTAN, but all I found was a folder of .bib files and I'm not sure how that helps? 2 is the error message I recieve :/

Any advice would be much appreciated!

Here is my code, I try changing the style and the brackets in my doc change (but not the citation).

This is my new ref.bib

@book{williams_transmission_2008,
    location = {New York},
    edition = {2nd ed},
    title = {Transmission electron microscopy: a textbook for materials science},
    isbn = {978-0-387-76500-6},
    shorttitle = {Transmission electron microscopy},
    pagetotal = {4},
    publisher = {Springer},
    author = {Williams, David B. and Carter, C. Barry},
    date = {2008},
    keywords = {Materials, Microscopy, Transmission electron microscopy}
}

And this is my new test document, and the same image issue 3

\documentclass{report}
\usepackage[style=science, citestyle=numeric, sorting=ynt]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{ref} % the ref.bib file

\begin{document}

Hi there, Stackoverflowers \cite{williams_transmission_2008}


\printbibliography 
\end{document}

You don't need external software, overleaf has biblatex installed and will normally run it automatically. Can you make a [mre] that reproduces your problem? Please also include the content of `FirstLibrary.bib` — samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz, Nov 26 '19 at 13:41
Please don't show us code fragments! Make a small but compilable test document that allows us to reproduce your problem. — samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz, Nov 26 '19 at 14:37
Thanks for updating the code! There is a syntax error, it should be `\addbibresource{ref.bib}` — samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz, Nov 26 '19 at 15:25
What's a bit strange is that overleaf seems to be using bibtex instead of biber. Try to click this button https://i.stack.imgur.com/nw5Ul.png to clear all the auxiliary files and the recompile — samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz, Nov 26 '19 at 15:28
With the added .bib it seems to work on overleaf: https://www.overleaf.com/read/jcrjdncbytwg — samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz, Nov 26 '19 at 15:32
Thank you! I cleared the cached files and made sure the .bib was there too so it compiled on the test doc but not my main one but found a new error within my bibliography that shouldn't have been there, and it worked after I deleted it! `@misc{noauthor_notitle_nodate }` — MelanieBrett, Nov 26 '19 at 16:19

Where to download BibLaTEX

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