BibTeX, biblatex and biber ⇒ Single bibtex file for all documents

[dabd]

Is it possible to have a single bibtex database that is used for all documents, and instruct LaTex to include only the cited references from that database, and ignore the other references.
It would be similar to what the \nocite{*} command does, except that it would include only the cited references.

Thanks.

[php1ic]

That's exactly what bibtex does. It you don't cite it in your document, it wont appear in the bibliography.

Compile the MWE below.

mwe.tex

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\documentclass{article}

\begin{document}

Blah Blah Blah~\cite{one}.

\bibliographystyle{plain}
\bibliography{mwe}

\end{document}

mwe.bib

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@ARTICLE{one,
    author  ="A. N. Other",
    journal ="Latex",
    number  ="1",
    pages   ="0--90",
    volume  ="100",
    year    ="2010",
  }

@ARTICLE{two,
    author  ="D. Knuth",
    journal ="Latex for beginners",
    number  ="5",
    pages   ="890--1430",
    volume  ="123",
    year    ="2001",
  }