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I am writing a document where I cite all my references and then in the following chapter, I want to cite just some of these references but their numbering should start from [1]. I tried the option "resetnumbers=true" but it prints all the references again, as per the MWE below

\documentclass[12pt,headsepline,a4paper,BCOR=10mm,twoside,titlepage,pdftex,cleardoubleplain]{scrbook}%abstracton
\usepackage[style=ieee,backend=bibtex8,,dashed=false,defernumbers=true]{biblatex}
\bibliography{References.bib}
\begin{document}
\chapter{chapter 1}
bla bla bla \cite{A}, \cite{B}, ..., \cite{Z}

\printbibliography
\chapter{chapter 2}
%% Here I need to reset the bibliography to include references only starting from this point
bla bla bla \cite{B}, \cite{C}

\printbibliography{resetnumbers=true} %only print references B and C with numbers [1] and [2]

\chapter{chapter 3}
%% Here I need to reset the bibliography to include references only starting from this point
bla bla bla \cite{D}, \cite{E}

\printbibliography{resetnumbers=true}%only print references D and E with numbers [1] and [2]

\end{document}

Please note I need to use the same command \cite everywhere since the document is already written. i.e. I don't want to replace \cite with \citeA or so as done with the library "multibib"

moewe
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    You should use \refsection to separate the parts/chapters. – Ulrike Fischer Jul 03 '18 at 14:24
  • You probably want a \newrefsection before each \chapter. This can be automated with the refsection=chapter option (which had bugs in older versions of biblatex and KOMA script). If you use BibTeX (or BibTeX8) you will have to compile several auxiliary files (check the message in the .log file), if you switch to Biber (which is a good idea anyway), you can get away with only one Biber run. Lastly \printbibliography does not take a mandatory argument, it only has an optional argument, so \printbibliography[resetnumbers=true] would be the correct syntax. But that alone won't do ... – moewe Jul 03 '18 at 14:39
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    ... you need the different refsections to make sure that each reference gets a new number in each chapter. – moewe Jul 03 '18 at 14:39
  • Thanks a lot for your replies. I added \newrefsection[References.bib] into my code but then it doesn't print any bibliography after this command. I tried to place it before and after the \chapter but also no result.

    Thanks moewe, the parentheses were a typo, I corrected them

     – SMR Jul 03 '18 at 15:06
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    You don't need the optional [References.bib] for \newrefsection. And as I said you may have to compile different files with BibTeX. Have a look at the .log output, it tells you what to do. – moewe Jul 03 '18 at 15:07
  • okk, can you tell me how to switch to the biber and would that still have the same IEEE style? – SMR Jul 03 '18 at 15:16

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You need refsections to keep the chapters in your document apart. Using refsections the citations in each chapter are independent of the citations and bibliographies in the other chapters. In particular a \printbibliography call will only list those works cited in its refsection numbered starting from 1. (That means that the same source can potentially have different numbers in each chapter it is cited.)

You can use \newrefsection to start a new refsection before each chapter. This can be automated with refsection=chapter in the load-time options. There is also \begin{refsection}...\end{refsection} in case you prefer to go back to the surrounding refsection at the end.

If you stick with backend=bibtex8 you have to compile several auxiliary files to get the citations right, that can be a little cumbersome. So I suggest you switch to Biber. Have a look at bibtex vs. biber and biblatex vs. natbib and Question mark or bold citation key instead of citation number for background information about BibTeX and Biber.

You will have to change backend=bibtex8 to backend=biber and you will have to run Biber instead of BibTeX or tell your editor to do that, see Biblatex with Biber: Configuring my editor to avoid undefined citations.

The change from BibTeX to Biber does not change the style you use, it just allows you to use all of biblatex's features and not just a limited subset of them. In case you have problems with Biber, have a look at Troubleshooting for biber for first aid.

\documentclass{scrbook}
\usepackage[style=ieee, backend=biber, dashed=false, defernumbers=true]{biblatex}
\bibliography{biblatex-examples.bib}

\begin{document}
\newrefsection
\chapter{chapter 1}
Lorem ipsum \cite{sigfridsson,nussbaum,knuth:ct:a}
\printbibliography

\newrefsection
\chapter{chapter 2}
Dolor sit \cite{nussbaum,worman}
\printbibliography

\newrefsection
\chapter{chapter 3}
Amet consectur \cite{geer,cicero}
\printbibliography
\end{document}

compiled with

pdflatex smrdoc
biber smrdoc
pdflatex smrdoc
pdflatex smrdoc

will output

enter image description here

for the bibliography of chapter two.

moewe
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