BibTeX Usage note

bibtex-usage.md

Note to self re: running BibTeX:

• Create myBibliography.bib. Put BibTeX entries in it.
• Insert the following into the bottom of your LaTeX document, just before \end{document}:

\bibliographystyle{apalike} % or alpha, or plain, or whatever.
\bibliography{myBibliography}

• Cite things in the document: \cite{referenceName}
• Then, run LaTeX (or pdfLaTeX) on your main document once.
• Then, run BibTeX on the main LaTeX document once, not the .bib file.
  • e.g. bibtex main (don't put .tex on the end as it's actually running it on main.aux, not main.tex)
• Then, run LaTeX twice more on the main document.