LaTeX forum ⇒ BibTeX, biblatex and biber ⇒ No references show up

[iWahey]

I have the package

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\usepackage{url}

in my main document, but thought that the BiBTeX document doesn't actually need anything. How do I check the BiBTeX file for errors because I can save it as a BiBTeX file with no problem. There is no .blg file for me though.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

It was a LaTeX error, BibTeX did not complain. Perhaps show the corresponding code or a minimal example again, respectively. And the full error message.

Stefan

[iWahey]

Stefan
Attached is my revised bibliography and the same document from before. I can't find a .blg file to attach sorry.

[iWahey]

Bump^
Still not working - need urgent help.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

I get these messages when running BibTeX:

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This is BibTeX, Version 0.99d (Web2C 2011)
The top-level auxiliary file: EP LateX 2.aux
The style file: plain.bst
Database file #1: bibliography.bib
I was expecting an "="---line 83 of file bibliography.bib
  :       how 
  :           published = {\url{http://condellpark.com/kd/reactiontime.htm}},
I'm skipping whatever remains of this entry
I was expecting a `,' or a `}'---line 175 of file bibliography.bib
  :     
  :     year      = {2007},
(Error may have been on previous line)
I'm skipping whatever remains of this entry
I was expecting a `,' or a `}'---line 197 of file bibliography.bib
  : 
  : @misc{website:Nations,
(Error may have been on previous line)
I'm skipping whatever remains of this entry
I was expecting a `,' or a `}'---line 213 of file bibliography.bib
  : 
  : @book{Quercetani,
(Error may have been on previous line)
I'm skipping whatever remains of this entry
I was expecting a `,' or a `}'---line 223 of file bibliography.bib
  : 
  : @misc{podcast:HumanRace,
(Error may have been on previous line)
I'm skipping whatever remains of this entry
Warning--empty year in Bolt1
Warning--empty year in Perfection
Warning--empty year in 4min
Warning--empty year in Kenyans
Warning--empty year in Johnson1
Warning--empty year in Expert
Warning--empty journal in IAAF
Warning--empty year in Quercetani
(There were 5 error messages)

I get a bibliography with 13 entries though.
If it doesn't work for you, you are doing something different or you this example is not representative. In any case, because this works (except those errors and warnings, which you could fix), I cannot do anything whithout knowing what steps you made and Log files (.log, .blg).

Stefan

[iWahey]

Stefan

Thanks for all the help. I renamed the file and it suddenly worked. In some of my references, some of the words are not capitalised even though they are in BibTeX. Is there any way I can fix this?