General ⇒ References do not appear

[nounouuuuu201186]

Hi,

I compile my document LaTeX by using "latex" then I convert DVI to PDF but I have a problem with references that not appear after compiling.
any help?

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Compile several times. At the first time, references are written to the .aux file, which can be read in by LaTeX during the next run.

Stefan

[nounouuuuu201186]

Hi,

I did not understand you . Could you clarify further?

NB:
I compile file.tex once with "LaTeX". Then, file.aux once with "BibTeX". Then, twice file.tex with "LaTeX". Finally, I convert DVI to PDF.But, references still not appear .

[Bob_the_Topper]

Hi,
I compile my document LaTeX by using "latex" then I convert DVI to PDF but I have a problem with references that not appear after compiling.
any help?

I don't understand your problem and you did not provide a MWE. Is it only some references that do not work or is there no bibliography at all? The following example works fine for me:

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\begin{filecontents}{lit.bib}
@misc{ mybook,
	author = "Bob",
	title = "Some title",
	year = "2012"
}
\end{filecontents}


\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

\begin{document}
Blah, blah, blah -- also see \cite{mybook} -- blah, blah, blah.

\clearpage
\bibliographystyle{alphadin}
\bibliography{lit}

\end{document}

BTW: Is there any reason for not using pdflatex directly when you want an PDF anyway?

[nounouuuuu201186]

Hi Bob_the_Topper,

there is no bibliography at all. I don't use PDFLaTeX because my images are in EPS format. My file "references.bib" is attached. In the document I call references like this:

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... des réseaux complexes\cite{DA08}

The bibliography is set up this way.

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\bibliographystyle{apalike-fr}
\bibliography{references}
\bibliographystyle{plain}
\end{document}

Could I send you the hole package to see where is the problem?

[Bob_the_Topper]

there is no bibliography at all.

Does the example I gave work on your system? Just put all the code in a .tex file and run the usual sequence of latex and bibtex on it.

this is the content of my file references.bib:

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[...]
@article{DA08,
	Author = "da  Fontura  Costa,  L.,  O.  N.  Oliveira  Jr.,  et  al. ",
	Journal = "	arXiv:0711.3199v3 [physics.soc-ph]",
      Year = "2008",
	Number = "",
	Pages = "",
	Title = "Analyzing and Modeling Real-World Phenomena with Complex Networks: A Survey of Applications",
	Volume = ""
	
}
[...]
}

This is the problem. When I use this entry BibTeX will not even accept the file and except throws an error

Too many commas in name 1 of "da Fontura Costa, L., O. N. Oliveira Jr., et al." for entry DA08
while executing---line 1185 of file alpha.bst
Too many commas in name 1 of "da Fontura Costa, L., O. N. Oliveira Jr., et al." for entry DA08
while executing---line 1185 of file alpha.bst
Too many commas in name 1 of "da Fontura Costa, L., O. N. Oliveira Jr., et al." for entry DA08
while executing---line 1250 of file alpha.bst
(There were 3 error messages)

Always pay attention to error messages!

You need to seperate multiple authors with and, not commas - have a look here for details. Also there's no use in empty field. The above entry should read:

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@article{DA08,
	Author = "da Fontura Costa, L. and Oliveira, Jr., O. N.",
	Journal = "arXiv:0711.3199v3 [physics.soc-ph]",
	Year = "2008",
	Title = "Analyzing and Modeling Real-World Phenomena with Complex Networks: A Survey of Applications"
}

Note, that "et al" is not really expected in BibTeX entries. You should give all the authors and BibTeX will decide how many are actually put in the bibliography.

[nounouuuuu201186]

Does the example I gave work on your system? Just put all the code in a .tex file and run the usual sequence of latex and bibtex on it.

Your example doesn't work on my system. I compiled the "file.tex" once with LaTeX then once with BibTeX and twice with LaTeX.But, there are problems. I try also with PDFLaTeX once then BibTeX once then twice PDFLaTeX:

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pdflatex doctest && bibtex doctest && pdflatex doctest && pdflatex doctest

and I got the attached log.

[Bob_the_Topper]

your example doesn't work in my system.

Sorry, my fault. I used an uncommon bibliography style in the example. How about this:

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\begin{filecontents}{lit.bib}

@article{DA08,
	Author = "da Fontura Costa, L. and Oliveira, Jr., O. N.",
	Journal = "arXiv:0711.3199v3 [physics.soc-ph]",
	Year = "2008",
	Title = "Analyzing and Modeling Real-World Phenomena with Complex Networks: A Survey of Applications"
}

}
\end{filecontents}


\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

\begin{document}
Blah, blah, blah -- also see \cite{DA08} -- blah, blah, blah.

\clearpage
\bibliographystyle{plain}
\bibliography{lit}

\end{document}

I compiled the file.tex once with Latex then once with bibteTex and twice with Latex.

That's correct.
Before you try the new example, please remove the old "lit.bib". Otherwise latex will not update this file and you'll end up with an undefined reference...

and I got:

This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.10 (TeX Live 2009/Debian)
entering extended mode
[...]
LaTeX Warning: Citation `mybook' on page 1 undefined on input line 14.
[...]

Is this from the last run of (pdf)latex? There should be no undefined references at that point...

[nounouuuuu201186]

Now it is working. For my example I only remove the uncommon bibliography style:

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\bibliographystyle{apalike-fr}

instead of:

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... \bibliographystyle{apalike-fr}
\bibliography{references}
\bibliographystyle{plain}
\end{document}

I only make:

...
\bibliography{references}
\bibliographystyle{plain}
\end{document}

and references appear
Isn't possible to use an uncommon bibliography style like \bibliographystyle{apalike-fr}?

[Bob_the_Topper]

Isn't possible to use an uncommon bibliography style like \bibliographystyle{apalike-fr}?

Of course it's possible to use "uncommon" styles, but you need the corresponding .bst file on your system.

In your case BibTeX should have shown an error like the one you got with my first example. Something like:

I couldn't open style file apalike-fr.bst

All you need to do is provide BibTeX with that file and you can use that bibliography style. Unfortunately it depends on your system how and where to get the file. If your packet manager doesn't provide the necessary file you can still get it from CTAN and copy it wherever all the other .bst files are on your file system.