BIEM BTEX is a program for compiling a reference list for a document from a bibliographic database. It is run by typing
bibtex myfilewhere myfile.tex is the name of your LATEX input file. This reads the file myfile.aux, which was generated when you ran LATEX on myfile.tex, and produces the file myfile.bbl. BIEM BTEX should be run from the directory containing myfile.tex (which should be the same directory from which LATEX was run on that file).
If the bib file is not in the same directory as the LATEX input
file—for example, if you're using someone else's bib
file—then you must include a path as part of the file name specified
by the \bibliography command. A ~ cannot appear
in the argument of a \bibliography command, so you should
use a complete path name. For example, the LATEX command
\bibliography{/udir/jones/bibfiles/gnus}
specifies the file gnus.bib kept by Jones in his
/bibfiles directory.
There is now no formal provision for sharing bibliographic database information, nor are there programs to assist in making your own bib files. Suggestions for forming one or more common bib files are welcome.
In addition to the bibliography styles described in the manual, there is a ieeetr style that formats entries in the style of the IEEE transactions.
In addition to the usual three-letter abbreviations for the months, the following abbreviations are defined by the bibliography styles: