Using BIEM BTEX

BIEM BTEX is a program for compiling a reference list for a document from a bibliographic database. It is run by typing

     bibtex myfile
where 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:

acmcs
ACM Computing Surveys
acta
Acta Informatica
cacm
Communications of the ACM
ibmjrd
IBM Journal of Research and Development
ibmsj
IBM Systems Journal
ieeese
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
ieeetc
IEEE Transactions on Computers
ieeetcad
IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits
ipl
Information Processing Letters
jacm
Journal of the ACM
jcss
Journal of Computer and System Sciences
scp
Science of Computer Programming
sicomp
SIAM Journal on Computing
tocs
ACM Transactions on Computer Systems
tods
ACM Transactions on Database Systems
tog
ACM Transactions on Graphics
toms
ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software
toois
ACM Transactions on Office Information Systems
toplas
ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems
tcs
Theoretical Computer Science