References with bibtex

Question

Sorry if this is the umpteenth post about references; I've read quite a few but can't seem to solve my problem, so here it goes. I want to reference articles by storing all article descriptions in a seperate file.

I have two files in a folder: references.bib and test.tex.

references.bib looks like this:

  @article{fasshauer2011positive,
  title={Positive definite kernels: past, present and future},
  author={Fasshauer, Gregory E},
  journal={Dolomite Research Notes on Approximation},
  volume={4},
  pages={21--63},
  year={2011}
  }

test.tex looks like this:

\documentclass{article}

\begin{document}

Please just be a nice citation: \cite{fasshauer2011positive}.

\newpage

\bibliography{references} 
\bibliographystyle{ieeetr}

\end{document}

But this turns \cite{fasshauer2011positive} into [?] and makes me slightly angry. So who could help me? :D

Cheers.

I knew I'd feel stupid when someone gave me the answer. Thank you! — Eric, Nov 17 '15 at 13:52

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 17 '15 at 13:53

You need to compile the bibtex file.

The first time you compile the .tex, let's say, by running pdflatex test.tex, the [?] sign will be add to every unknown reference.

Then you need to run bibtex test in order to provide the information about what to put in the place of the [?]

After that, you must run two more times the pflatex test.tex: The first will generate a list with the references in use (which will appear at the end of the file or at the end of the page, depending on the style you choose on \bibliographystyle), and the second will finally fill the [?] marks with the citation to the reference.

References with bibtex

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