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[rizias]

what do you mean by 'bibliodatabase'?Is that the ieeetr that i was using?

by {<bibliodatabase>} I mean't the name of your .bib file which contains the list of bibtex formatted references (which you want to refer to in your document).

Could you please give me an example?

[niteshs]

rizias,

when you are writing a document and are using a program (such as biblatex in your case) to handle the automatic formatting of references in it, the program needs to know what references you are citing.

For example, when you say:

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This was reported previously \cite{author_xyz}.

then biblatex needs to know which reference you mean by author_xyz, so that it can enter it in the bibliography.

These references are stored (by you, typically using some "reference manager" software) in a file that can be understood by the program (biblatex). In this case it is a file in the .bib format, such as "mylistofreferences.bib".

When you use biblatex to handle your references, you need to tell biblatex

• 1. where the reference details are stored so that it can generate the bibliography based on the references you have cited in the document. This is the "bibliography resource", the .bib file.
  2. what style to format the references in (such as ieee)

you should read up on some basic latex/biblatex usage if you are still confused. There are lots of detailed and easy to understand guides/manuals on the internet. Here is one to get you started, and here is the page for reference/bibliography management, as well as the biblatex manual

I suggest you read these very helpful resources before you proceed with your document.