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I'm trying to compile the bibliography for my thesis using biblatex. However, when I use the recommended syntax and code from the biblatex user guide, the citations I'd like in parentheses come out displaying the citation key I used for the source in my .bib file.

For example, it will look like:

"Blah, blah, blah, blah (chase1985whole), blah, blah, blah."

Instead of:

"Blah, blah, blah, blah (Chase, 1985), blah, blah, blah."

I'm using \parencite{chase1985whole}. Am I simply using it incorrectly? I'm just copying tutorial videos.

My preamble:

\documentclass[12pt,oneside,titlepage]{book}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage
[
        letterpaper,
        left=3.81cm,
        right=2.56cm,
        top=2.56cm,
        bottom=2.56cm
]
{geometry}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
%\usepackage[parfill]{parskip}
\usepackage{times}
\frenchspacing
\usepackage{rotating}
\usepackage{longtable}
\usepackage[skip=0.5\baselineskip]{caption}
\usepackage[style=apa]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{References.bib}

and my .bib citation key:

@article{chase1985whole,
  title={Whole vessels and sherds: an experimental investigation of their quantitative relationships},
  author={Chase, Philip G},
  journaltitle={Journal of Field Archaeology},
  volume={12},
  number={2},
  pages={213--218},
  year={1985},
  publisher={Taylor \& Francis}
}

Could it be a directory issue?

campa
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JGarr
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  • Are you sure, you compile using biber instead of bibtex, which would be the default behaviour of the biblatex package. This is something you need to change in your editor. – Markus G. Apr 06 '21 at 15:05
  • Alternatively, add the backend=bibtex option to the biblatex package, which should work. – Markus G. Apr 06 '21 at 15:07
  • @MarkusG. With style=apa, Biber is required. Adding backend=bibtex, gives the error ! Package biblatex Error: Biber backend is required by style. And even if it did work, Biber is usually the better choice. – moewe Apr 06 '21 at 15:12
  • You need to run Biber (and not BibTeX) on your file, so that a full compilation cycle at least runs LaTeX, Biber, LaTeX, LaTeX in that order (here "LaTeX" can be your favourite flavour of LaTeX: pdfLaTeX, LuaLaTeX, XeLaTeX, ...; with your preamble [fontenc] most likely pdfLaTeX). If you compile your document via an editor, have a look at https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/154751/35864 for help with getting your editor to run Biber for you. – moewe Apr 06 '21 at 15:13
  • ... If you have already configured your editor to run Biber for you (or run Biber manually) and still don't get the desired output, show us the .blg file (Biber's log file, see also https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/286706/35864). – moewe Apr 06 '21 at 15:42

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