CPS 300 Handout 3: Quick BibTeX Tutorial

The general procedure is as follows:

Create a bibliography database with a .bib extension: e.g., foo.bib
Include in your .tex file the following two lines where you want the bibliography to appear:
```
\bibliographystyle{style}
\bibliography{bibdatabase1[,bibdatabase2,...]}
```
style can be any built in bibliography style (plain, alpha, abbrv, unsrt) or a specific style you download from the web or create yourself. If you leave the \bibliographystyle{} command out, it defaults to plain.

bibdatabaseN can be the name of any bibliography database, but should be written without the .bib extension: e.g., \bibliography{foo}
If you want to include any bibliography entries that you did not cite in your LaTeX document, you may add \nocite{key} for each key whose corresponding entry you wish to include. If you want to include all entries, you may type \nocite{*}
Assuming your .tex file is called, e.g., foo.tex, type the following sequence of commands at the Unix prompt:
```
latex foo
bibtex foo
latex foo
latex foo
```
You will now have a foo.dvi file which you can display with xdvi or which you can convert to postscript by typing:
```
dvips -o foo.ps foo
```
Please visit the BibTeX Resources section of the CPS 300 Resources page for more information and examples.