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I created a .bib file for my footnotes and bibliography but everytime I want to cite an item in the footnote the bibliographic information is not rendered, only the key.

Here is my MWE:

\documentclass[letterpaper,12pt]{book}
\usepackage[hmargin={1in},vmargin=1in]{geometry}

\usepackage{polyglossia}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\usepackage{biblatex}
\usepackage{csquotes}
\addbibresource{diss.bib}


\setmainlanguage[variant=us]{english}


\setmainfont{Times New Roman}


\begin{document}
\chapter{Palaeographical Profile}


\section*{Introduction}
Blah blah


\section*{Style of the Hand}
MOre blah blah Bob Lob Law\footcite{metzger2005text}


\end{document}

The following is my .bib file:

@book{metzger2005text,
  title={The text of the New Testament: its transmission, corruption, and restoration},
  author={Metzger, Bruce Manning and Ehrman, Bart D},
  year={2005},
  publisher={Oxford University Press}
}
Rob28
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  • have you run biber to generate the bibliography? – David Carlisle Jan 21 '22 at 22:10
  • https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/63852/question-mark-or-bold-citation-key-instead-of-citation-number/63875#63875 – David Carlisle Jan 21 '22 at 22:11
  • I did. But it says it cannot find the file. So, do I need to manually tell the engine where the file is? Or, do I need to put the file in the same folder as my .tex document? – Rob28 Jan 21 '22 at 22:21
  • You could have said that in the question:-) if biber didn't generate the bibliography, there are no bibliography items for latex to reference. \addbibresource{diss.bib} means the bib file is in the same directory, you can put a full path to the file if it is somewhere else, or copy the bib file there. – David Carlisle Jan 21 '22 at 22:29
  • Yes, sorry about that. Im trying to do the following: \addbibresource{C:Users\Carlos Carrera\G-Diss\Dissertation\DissTeX\diss.bib}. To no avail. – Rob28 Jan 21 '22 at 22:51
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    Dot not use absolute paths like C:/Users/etc but relative paths the to the main tex file (e.g. ../DisTeX/diss.bib) and remember that life is easier without spaces in directory and file names. Note also that I typed / instead of \ in the paths. – Fran Jan 21 '22 at 23:21
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    start simplest and put the bib file next to your document – David Carlisle Jan 21 '22 at 23:51
  • Thank you. Yes, I will. – Rob28 Jan 22 '22 at 02:32
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    In the test document that I sent you, you can see how I handled the relative paths to the bib and style files. You can do something similar. – Paul Jan 22 '22 at 13:09

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