BibTeX, biblatex and biber ⇒ \cite{} Hyperlink to references

[nasser]

Hi,

In Latex i have written \cite{} to cite my reference. When my file is compiled to PDF file. I want when i click on the number which appeared this will will take me to reference page and point out the particular reference corresponding to the citation number.

What to add with \cite{} to make it working?

Many thanks
Nasser.

[frabjous]

You need to load the hyperref package. See its documentation for more info.

[nasser]

Hi,

Thanks for your quick reply. I got from another forum this answer:

hyperref cannot make a hyperlink from \cite{} reference. You should try natbib package instead (sic — you should use cite or natbib, not two of them. And natbib sometimes conflicts with hyperref package).

What is your feedback?

Anyway i will download the hyperref and try your suggestion.

Regards,
Nasser.

[frabjous]

hyperref cannot make a hyperlink from \cite{} reference. You should try natbib package instead (sic — you should use cite or natbib, not two of them. And natbib sometimes conflicts with hyperref package).

That is simply untrue. Hyperref has no problem creating hyperlinks for citations using the \cite command. It is also completely false that natbib conflicts with hyperref. As with anything, you should read their documentation, but in general, the two work well together. Natbib on its own does not provide hyperlinked citations: it does no only in conjunction with hyperref.

Perhaps what they had in mind what that natbib provides some extra commands like \citet and \citep, etc., for more fine grained control over citations, and in general, when using natbib, it is better to use one of those than \cite. But \cite still works. Or perhaps they had in mind some conflict between natbib and the cite package, which is different than the \cite command.

In any case, there's no reason at all to use natbib if all you want are hyperlinked citations: just add the hyperref package.

If you're having a particular problem with these packages not working well together, post a minimal working example.

[cellocgw]

Hyperref and cite have some well-known conflicts. Listing them in the preamble at the very end of the preamble as

\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage{cite}

Often works, but not always. Using the natbib package instead of cite is a lot more reliable.