Chapter 5. BibTeX

Table of Contents

5.1 Parameters
5.2 Command Qualifiers
5.3 bib files
5.3.1 @STRING command
5.3.2 Entry Format
5.3.3 Entry Types
5.3.4 Field Text
5.3.5 Field Types
5.4 bst files
5.4.1 ABBRV.BST
5.4.2 ALPHA.BST
5.4.3 PLAIN.BST
5.4.4 SAMPLE.BST
5.4.5 UNSRT.BST

Note

The contents of this section was taken from the HTML helppages for BibTeX of Norman Walsh (Version 1.0, 12 Apr 94).

Invokes the BibTeX utility to compile a bibliography file for LaTeX. Full details can be found in "LaTeX: A Document Preparation System" by Leslie Lamport.

5.1 Parameters

bibliography-file-spec

Specifies the name of the bibliography database file to be compiled by BibTeX. If the file specification does not include a file type, BibTeX assumes a default type of BIB.