General ⇒ Using Bibetex

[tarektarek]

Hi;
I am new to the bibtex tool, I do not know how to use it. I want to add the references automatically since I was coping the references into sty file and then reading from it.


Thanks in advance

[gmedina]

You can read the documentation of BiBTeX ([1] and [2], for example).

However, I'll explain the basic idea:
1) You store all your bibliographic items in one (or several) databases (files with extension .bib). Here you can find an example of a typical database.

2) In your .tex main file you use the commands

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\bibliographystyle{style}

in the preamble, using one of the multiple valid styles (some of them described in the package documentation) to inform BiBTeX how to format the bibliographic entries; and

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\bibliography{database}

to inform BiBTeX which databases must be searched to resolve citations. This command should be placed in the body of the document where the bibliography must appear. In its argument you must specify the names of the databases you want to use, without the .bib extension and separated by commas (if you are going to use more than one database).

3) You must process your .tex file in the following way:
(pdf)LaTeX+BiBTeX+(pdf)LaTeX

[tarektarek]

Thanks a lot for your helo

[vest79]

Hi

What command is needed in the .bib file?
I use: \begin{bibliography} and \end{bibliography} but it does not seam to work and according to the web page http://www.xm1math.net/texmaker/faq.html it is necessary to change a default command in order to make BiBTeX work, but I don't know how.

Some help would be very usefull

Thanks

[gmedina]

There's no need for a command in the .bib file. Please read the Using BibTeX document and the BibTeXFAQ.