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I want to change my current bibsytle to mla but it won't work:

\usepackage[numbers]{natbib}

\begin{document}
\bibliography{test-bib.bib}
\bibliographystyle{dinat}

This my text \citep{Saussure1995} text

\end{document}

I tried the following by using TeXnixCenter but it won't work:

\usepackage{csquotes}
\usepackage[style=mla,backend=biber]{biblatex}

\addbibresource{test-bib.bib} 
\begin{document}
This is a citation. \autocite{Saussure1995}. Another citation \autocite{Kavanaugh1976}
\printbibliography
\end{document}
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  • When you switch from natbib to biblatex you need to make sure of two things: first, remove all your auxiliary files, and second you need use biber to process the bibliography, and not bibtex. TeXnixCenter doesn't look at your source file to decide which tool to use, so having backend=biber doesn't tell the editor to use it. So you need to tell TeXnixCenter to user biber instead of bibtex for this document. See \usepackage[backend=biber]{biblatex} does not work, backend=bibtex works for details on how to do this. – Alan Munn Oct 24 '15 at 17:01
  • Another good reference is Biblatex with Biber: Configuring my editor to avoid undefined citations, a bit of background is found in Question mark instead of citation number. – moewe Oct 24 '15 at 18:16
  • Please note that the biblatex-mla package has not been updated since 2013; biblatex has progressed a bit since then, so expect some rough edges. It also lacks some commands one normally expects biblatex styles to implement (most notably \textcite, it also has trouble with \footcite and certain entry types; though I gather that both of these were more or less by design). (I also doubt that MLA is a drop-in replacement of dinat.bst, maybe you could choose another style, especially if you expect to have to do some modifications.) – moewe Oct 24 '15 at 18:24

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