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I am using JabRef to create the bibliography. I added all the entries, generated the required key for each entry and saved the entries in a file named refs.bib. I want to add the references/bibliography I created in my document, so I used the following commands:

\begin{thebibliography}{1}
\bibliography{refs.bib}
\end{thebibliography}

When I compile the code, I get empty pages despite refs.bib contains data. Please let me know how to correctly use the JabRef file in LaTeX.

Note: the refs.bib file is located in the same directory of the LaTeX document

Stefan Pinnow
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Elpharaoh
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  • Do you have any \cite instructions in the main body of your tex file? If so, first delete the directives \begin{thebibliography}{1} and \end{thebibliography}. Second, run the compilation sequence latex-bibtex-latex-latex on your tex file. Assuming you have no errors in the bib file and the \cite instructions, this compilation sequence will generate the citation call-outs as well as the formatted bibliography itself. I've noticed you've set the biblatex tag: Is the biblatex package loaded in the preamble of the tex file? – Mico Aug 04 '16 at 09:08
  • You can use \nocite{*} to cite everything in your .bib file at once (nice for testing). Since bibtex generates a \begin{thebibliohraphy}{...} .... \end{thebibliography} structure in an external file, you basically have nested thebibliography environments, which does not make any sense. – daleif Aug 04 '16 at 09:18
  • @Mico I have deleted the \begin{thebibliography}{1} and \end{thebibliography} and now only the \bibliography{refs.bib} is there..but still i got empty page – Elpharaoh Aug 04 '16 at 09:26
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    Also exactly what are you using here? Your question is marked biblatex, and since you have not provided a full minimal example we cannot verify that you are actually using biblatex. If you are using biblatex then \bibliography{refs.bib} is not the recommended syntax (not use if biblatex even supports it. Please update your question to have a full minimal example so we can see the document class and preamble. – daleif Aug 04 '16 at 09:29
  • As others have mentioned, you seem to mix a lot of approaches to bibliographies here (manual thebibliography, traditional BibTeX, biblatex). Have a look at an introduction to bibliographies in LaTeX (e.g. http://www.dickimaw-books.com/latex/thesis/html/citations.html, https://de.sharelatex.com/learn/Bibliography_management_in_LaTeX). Note, however, that \bibliography{refs.bib} is always wrong, the command \bibliography expects the file name without extension: \bibliography{refs} would be correct. – moewe Aug 05 '16 at 06:36
  • I just notes you asked a question before (http://tex.stackexchange.com/q/285541/35864) and it was suggested you should read some introductory material there. biblatex in a nutshell (for beginners) is another good start. – moewe Aug 05 '16 at 07:02
  • Any news here? Currently your question is not clear at all and thus not really answerable. – moewe Aug 08 '16 at 07:48

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