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I'm currently trying to reference my dissertation. I have created a file called reference.bib and have used the tools in bibtex to create a list of sources that I have used.

I have tried to integrate these references into my work (written in texmaker) but the reference is coming up like this (??) and when I put this command,

\bibliographystyle{plain}

\bibliography{reference}

\end{document}

nothing is showing up? Can anyone explain what I'm doing wrong - this is the first time I've used tex? Thank you

Sarah Jayne
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  • Does http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/63852/question-mark-instead-of-citation-number help? – Joseph Wright Mar 09 '14 at 13:50
  • Unfortunately not. I don't really understand what I'm doing with it. I have my references (that I want to refer to ) saved as a 'reference.bib' file in the same folder as my dissertation.tex file

    But when I use this command

    \bibliographystyle{plain} \bibliography{reference.bib}

    just before \end{document} nothing shows up. And where I've tried to reference something, for example "....... \ref{curvedef} I just get a question mark, and I don't understand why

     – Sarah Jayne Mar 09 '14 at 14:00
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    As described in the link I've given, have you run LaTeX, then BibTeX, then LaTeX again twice? Citations are a two-part procedure and require that BibTeX gets run. – Joseph Wright Mar 09 '14 at 14:04
  • I've just tried that, the bit at the bottom where I input the \bibliography{reference.bib} now says 'References' but that's it, doesn't actually have the list of references, and the bit where I tried to cite it, is still a question mark. When you say 'run LaTex.....' do you mean just open the documents? – Sarah Jayne Mar 09 '14 at 14:09
  • With the main .tex file open, the sequence you require is : run LaTeX, run BibTeX, run LaTeX, run LaTeX: all should have the 'main file' as the focus. It's only on the last run that any citations will be fully resolved. (I presume you have one or more \cite commands in the document.) – Joseph Wright Mar 09 '14 at 14:14
  • Okay, this may seem like a really silly question, but how do I r'run' it? – Sarah Jayne Mar 09 '14 at 14:15
  • let us continue this discussion in chat – Joseph Wright Mar 09 '14 at 14:19
  • Open a (command) shell. Within the shell go to the folder with your file dissertation.tex. Run the commands pdflatex dissertation, bibtex dissertation, pdflatex dissertation, pdflatex dissertation sequentially. – Oliver Mar 09 '14 at 14:21
  • On the basis of chat, I'm closing as a dupe: this is the 'run BibTeX then LaTex again' issue. – Joseph Wright Mar 09 '14 at 15:02

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