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usepackage{lipsum}

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setlength{parskip}{.5baselineskip plus 0.1baselineskip minus 0.1baselineskip}

usepackage[left=2cm,top=2cm,right=2cm,bottom=2cm]{geometry}

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% Bibliography %
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begin{filecontents}{jobname.bib}
@article{Doe2011,
    author = {Doe, John},
    journal = {Nucleic Acids Research},
    pages = {1--3},
    title = {{Title of paper}},
    volume = {39},
    year = {2011}
}
@article{Smith2013,
    author = {Smith, Josh},
    journal = {Nature},
    pages = {1--6},
    title = {{Overly complicated title}},
    volume = {85},
    year = {2013}
}
@article{Adams2016,
    author = {Adams, Brian},
    journal = {Science},
    pages = {10--15},
    title = {{Another absurd title}},
    volume = {2},
    year = {2016}
}
@phdthesis{Surname2012,
    author = {Surname, Name},
    location = {Some University},
    title = {{Some suitable thesis name}},
    type = {PhD Thesis},
    url = {http://thesis},
    year = {2012}
}
@misc{Willis2013,
    location = {Some Uni},
    note = {Work In Progress report},
    author = {Willis, William},
    title = {{This is the same title always}},
    type = {TALK},
    month = {07},
    year = {2013}
}
@misc{Willis2014,
    location = {Another Uni},
    note = {Poster Symposium},
    author = {Willis, William},
    title = {{This is the same title always}},
    type = {POSTER},
    month = {09},
    year = {2014}
}
@misc{Willis2014b,
    location = {Yet Another Uni},
    author = {Willis, William},
    title = {{This is the same title always}},
    type = {TALK},
    month = {09},
    year = {2014}
}
@misc{Willis2015,
    location = {Research Center},
    author = {Willis, William},
    title = {{New title}},
    type = {TALK},
    month = {09},
    year = {2014}
}
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usepackage{biblatex}
addbibresource{jobname.bib}


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    lipsum[1]

    nocite{*}
    printbibliography
end{document}

documentclass{article}

usepackage{amssymb} usepackage{lipsum}

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usepackage{xcolor}
definecolor{lightgray}{HTML}{989898}
colorlet{textcolor}{lightgray}

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defaultfontfeatures{Mapping=tex-text}
setmainfont[Mapping=tex-text, Color=textcolor]{Arial}

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setlength{parskip}{.5baselineskip plus 0.1baselineskip minus 0.1baselineskip}

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% Bibliography %
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begin{filecontents}{jobname.bib}
@article{Doe2011,
    author = {Doe, John},
    journal = {Nucleic Acids Research},
    pages = {1--3},
    title = {{Title of paper}},
    volume = {39},
    year = {2011}
}
@article{Smith2013,
    author = {Smith, Josh},
    journal = {Nature},
    pages = {1--6},
    title = {{Overly complicated title}},
    volume = {85},
    year = {2013}
}
@article{Adams2016,
    author = {Adams, Brian},
    journal = {Science},
    pages = {10--15},
    title = {{Another absurd title}},
    volume = {2},
    year = {2016}
}
@thesis{Surname2012,
    author = {Surname, Name},
    location = {Some University},
    title = {{Some suitable thesis name}},
    url = {http://thesis},
    year = {2012}
}
@misc{Willis2013,
    location = {Some Uni},
    note = {Work In Progress report},
    author = {Willis, William},
    title = {{This is the same title always}},
    type = {TALK},
    month = {07},
    year = {2013}
}
@misc{Willis2014,
    location = {Another Uni},
    note = {Poster Symposium},
    author = {Willis, William},
    title = {{This is the same title always}},
    type = {POSTER},
    month = {09},
    year = {2014}
}
@misc{Willis2014b,
    location = {Yet Another Uni},
    author = {Willis, William},
    title = {{This is the same title always}},
    type = {TALK},
    month = {09},
    year = {2014}
}
@misc{Willis2015,
    location = {Research Center},
    author = {Willis, William},
    title = {{New title}},
    type = {TALK},
    month = {09},
    year = {2014}
}
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begin{document}

    lipsum[1]

    nocite{*}

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printbibliography[type=article,heading=subbibliography,
title={bfseries Articles}]
printbibliography[type=thesis, heading=subbibliography,
title={bfseries Thesis}]
printbibliography[type=misc, heading=subbibliography,
title={bfseries Other}]

end{document}