How to correctly add bibtex bibliography with latex?

Question

I have added bibliography in my latex file like so :

...to the literature \cite{ahu61}
\bibliography{bibliography}

and my bibliography.bib looks like this :

@article{ahu61,
       author={Arrow, Kenneth J. and Leonid Hurwicz and Hirofumi Uzawa},
       title={Constraint qualifications in maximization problems},
       journal={Naval Research Logistics Quarterly},
       volume={8},
       year = 1961,
       pages = {175-191}
     }

If i keep the citation I get

Texification succeeded: no errors!

However, there were warnings in your LaTeX source

./main.tex:231: LaTeX Warning: Citation `ahu61' on page 4 undefined on input line 231.
./main.tex: LaTeX Warning: There were undefined references.

and no bibliography.

If I remove it I get no warnings but no bibliography either.

Do you get a BibTeX log (.blg) file? If so, what does it say? — Joseph Wright, Dec 29 '13 at 10:30
@JosephWright I have main.blg with following contents : http://paste.ubuntu.com/6656249/ I found no \bibstyle command---while reading file main.aux — Patryk, Dec 29 '13 at 10:34
That suggests you've got no \bibliographystyle line in your LaTeX source: you have to have one — Joseph Wright, Dec 29 '13 at 10:39
@JosephWright Thanks! I have added one and now it works:) Here is a short list of available bibliography styles http://www.reed.edu/cis/help/latex/bibtexstyles.html. You can submit an answer I will accept it. — Patryk, Dec 29 '13 at 10:44

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 29 '13 at 10:48

A minimal LaTeX file using 'standard' has to have a \bibliographystyle line in addition to the \bibliography line and one or more citations (\cite).

\documentclass{article}
\bibliographystyle{plain}
\begin{document}
...to the literature \cite{ahu61}
\bibliography{bibliography}
\end{document}

There are many existing styles: the correct choice will depend on your situation.

How to correctly add bibtex bibliography with latex?

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