BibTeX, biblatex and biber ⇒ BibTeX | References do not appear

[pemfir]

spent 3 hours, could not fix this problem, so pissed off. I don't get anything out. just a question mark. no Reference section and nothing. I have tried running bibTex on this and everything i could thin of. it just gives me one "?". also in the same folder is the IEEEtran file and science.txt.

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\documentclass[journal]{IEEEtran}
\usepackage{cite}
\begin{document}
\cite{Crespo2009}
\bibliographystyle{IEEEtran}
\bibliography{science}
\end{document}

file science is a text document imported from a credible website

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@article{Crespo2009,
title = "Reliability-based analysis and design via failure domain bounding",
journal = "Structural Safety",
volume = "31",
number = "4",
pages = "306 - 315",
year = "2009",
note = "",
issn = "0167-4730",
doi = "10.1016/j.strusafe.2008.09.001",
url = "http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167473008000854",
author = "Luis G. Crespo and Daniel P. Giesy and Sean P. Kenny",
keywords = "Reliability",
keywords = "Bounds",
keywords = "Failure probability",
keywords = "Optimization"
}

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi pemfir,

welcome to the board!

it just gives me one "?". also in the same folder is the IEEEtran file and science.txt.

Just rename science.txt to science.bib. Then run BibTeX again and pdfLaTeX twice, to get the references.

Stefan

PS: please choose a meaningful topic title next time. I will rename it later so that the title summarizes the problem - or edit and do it yourself.

[pemfir]

Thanks alot for your response. So, I had actually tried that. I went to work and tried it on my work computer and it works like a charm. Any idea why things do not work in my personal computer ?

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Sure, rename it on your personal computer as well. I guess you did it. So, ensure that you run BibTeX and pdfLaTeX twice, afterwards. If this doesn't help, post your .log file and .blg file here as attachment - for this small example, to work on the same code.

Stefan