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I am using TexWorks and I have created a report using references from a .bib file.

Now I have added more references in .bib but when I compile again the list of references in the report won't update.

I looked at :Force TeXworks to refresh bib file

I tried to delete .aux files ..

The compiler is

\usepackage[backend=biber]{biblatex}

And the bib is added as :

\addbibresource{bibliography.bib}

But nothing seems to be working.

How to do this?

marc nicole
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  • Please clarify your specific problem or provide additional details to highlight exactly what you need. As it's currently written, it's hard to tell exactly what you're asking. – Community Feb 28 '24 at 15:54
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    latex never reads the bib file you need to run pdflatex then biber then pdflatex twice more – David Carlisle Feb 28 '24 at 15:58
  • I have a book.tex in which I include the chapters in it. Do I have to do that process for each chapter as well (didn't work on book.tex only btw)? – marc nicole Feb 28 '24 at 16:00
  • The expression "force TeXworks to refresh the bib file" is quite misleading: TeXworks is an editor and a front end to various executable programs, including biber, but it does not do any "refreshing" of its own. What you need to do while in TeXworks is to run biber. Have you located TeXworks's pull-down menu (likely located near the upper-left corner) that lets you select which external program to run; the default program is likely pdflatex? See how you can change the selection to run biber instead. – Mico Feb 28 '24 at 16:06
  • by default no although there are packages that offer per capter bibliographies. But first make sure you have asked texworks to run biber the answer you link to is about running bibtex – David Carlisle Feb 28 '24 at 16:07
  • i do run biber but still not working – marc nicole Feb 28 '24 at 16:07
  • Aside: which version of TeXworks are you running? (The most recent version if 0.6.9.) – Mico Feb 28 '24 at 16:08
  • After running biber, do you run pdflatex twice more? – Mico Feb 28 '24 at 16:08
  • "not working" is not a useful description if you want anyone to help. It will either work or it will give an error message. You have given no information at all about your input,what you ran, or what error you got – David Carlisle Feb 28 '24 at 16:09
  • I get no error, simply the references section generated through the command \printbibliography is not being updated with the new entries in .bib file – marc nicole Feb 28 '24 at 16:13
  • do you \cite the new entries? they will not appear (normally) just by adding them to the bib – David Carlisle Feb 28 '24 at 16:15
  • Yes I cite them and they do not turn into numbers as they suppose to be after adding them to the bib, but rather keep as key names – marc nicole Feb 28 '24 at 16:24
  • i use \addtocategory with \DeclareBibliographyCategory then \printbibliography[heading=none,category=keyword] – marc nicole Feb 28 '24 at 16:37
  • Now they work but only if I use \cite in conjuction with printbibliography command not using only \printbibliography[heading=none,category=keyword] which I don't want (I want them to appear only using the latter command only) – marc nicole Feb 28 '24 at 16:40
  • never mind: I used \nocite in conjuction with \printbibliography[heading=none,category= to make them appear in my chapter ;) – marc nicole Feb 28 '24 at 16:52
  • It is always a good idea to post a minimal working example (MWE) that shows the problem instead of adding more information in the comments. – Jasper Habicht Mar 30 '24 at 22:10

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