Sorting bibliography references using the Vancouver style

Question

I am new to LaTeX and I would like to be able to sort my references with the Vancouver style but I don´t know if I need to include some libraries or do something else?

I have searched around the web but I am very confused, I have found something like this

 \cite{key} ==>>          [#]

but it does not work, I hope you can help

Answer 1

For an overview of how LaTeX and BibTeX work, generally, see:

• What TeX software to write technical papers with?

Here's a simple example:

Assume your .bib file looks like this:

testbib.bib

@article{Hudson-et-al1982,
    Author = {Hudson, Lynne M and Guthrie, Karen H and Santilli, Nicholas R},
    Journal = {Journal of Child Language},
    Month = {Feb},
    Number = {1},
    Pages = {125-138},
    Title = {The Use of Linguistic and Non-Linguistic Strategies in Kindergarteners' Interpretations of 'More' and 'Less'},
    Volume = {9},
    Year = {1982}}

(You can create these entries using your favourite reference manager (most likely JabRef (Windows/Linux/Mac) or BibDesk (Mac). See:

• Is there a citation manager which plays nicely with BibTeX and has automatic metadata import from PDFs?

Now create a document:

\documentclass{article}
\bibliographystyle{vancouver}
\begin{document}
This is a citation in the text\cite{Hudson-et-al1982}.
\bibliography{testbib}
\end{document}

Compile this using pdflatex, then bibtex, then pdflatex and pdflatex once more. For more on why this is necessary, see:

• Question mark or bold citation key instead of citation number

  The resulting document should look like this: