Use BibTeX By Unique LaTeX File

Question

I'm using Inlage to write my thesis. I made a .bib file and I want to use it to obtain my bibliography. I have one .tex file where I include all the others.

\documentclass[dvips,letterpaper,12pt, openright]{report}
\usepackage{thesis}

\begin{document}

\pagenumbering{arabic}
\include{Chap1}
\include{Chap2}

\end{document}

What do I have to do in order to use the same bib file for all chapters? And which command do I need to use?

Answer 1

You should just put

\bibliographystyle{plain} %whatever style you prefer
\bibliography{./bibliography_file}% Produces the bibliography via BibTeX.

before

\end{document}

in the main file. The bibliography filename goes without the .bib extension. You refer to an entry with the \cite command:

\cite{myentry}.

The Include statements in latex just load the source in your main document during processing. Run bibtex after latex and then latex again, twice.

Answer 2

Because the contents of your chapters will be included in the one LaTeX file you're typesetting, those chapters can reference entries in your BibTeX file the usual way:

some amazing discovery~\cite{myentry}.

And at the end of your thesis file, just include these lines above your \end{document}:

\bibliographystyle{plain}
\bibliography{mybibfile}