[OS X TeX] Beginner: bibliography strategy?

[Martin Wehlou]

Maarten,


>> I think so: BibDesk manages a .bib bibliobraphic database for you.
All you
>> need to do is \cite{} references, and include both a bibliographic
>> style, and


Ok, I think this is what I missed. Thanks.

It now WORKS! Wow!

Ok, I'm on a roll...


>> point to the database file(s). You then need to run latex (once), bibtex
>> (once,
>> this will create a file with a "thebibliography" bit and all entries you
>> used) and
>> then to resolve all references completely you'll need to run latex
>> (twice, the
>> first time latex will read the .bbl file created by bibtex, the second
>> time it will
>> know all the references).
>>
>> The running of bibtex can be done from TeXShop (one of the default popup
>> menus in the toolbar), or through my scripts from BBEdit.
>>
>> This calls for a minimal sample (all files are available on your machine,
>> bibtex will find the database):
>>
>> %% start
>> \documentclass{article}
>> \begin{document}
>> \bibliographystyle{plain}
>> %% see http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?introduction=yes for
>> further details
>> %% other standard options: abbrv, alpha, unsrt
>> some text \cite{article-full,article-crossref} some more text
>> \cite{phdthesis-full}
>>
>> \bibliography{xampl}
>> \end{document}
>> %% end
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>>
>> Maarten
>>
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