Compiling LaTex bib source
bibtex, citations, latex, pdflatex
Solution
You need to compile the bibtex file.
Suppose you have `article.tex` and `article.bib`. You need to run:
- `latex article.tex` (this will generate a document with question marks in place of unknown references)
- `bibtex article` (this will parse all the .bib files that were included in the article and generate metainformation regarding references)
- `latex article.tex` (this will generate document with all the references in the correct places)
- `latex article.tex` (just in case if adding references broke page numbering somewhere)
Problem
I am writing my thesis in Latex, and I have the references in an own thesis.bib file which look as follows ``` @Article{xxx, author = "D.A. Reinhard", title = "Case Study", year = "1985", } ``` and I reference them in my main document as ~\cite{xxx} When I compile then the main document with: pdflatex main.tex than it shows me question marks instead of the proper references to the bibliography. Do I also need to compile the bib source on its own? If yes, can somebody please tell me the command for Linux Many thanks!