How can I cite from bibliography in separate .tex files?

Question

I'm working on a large document, and for that reason I'm using a main.tex file and including several files like chapterX.tex etc. Problem is that only my main.tex file has the bibliography in the preamble, TeXStudio doesn't give me the list of references when I type \cite{

The workaround I've been using is to add

\usepackage{csquotes,lmodern}
\usepackage[backend=bibtex,style=chem-acs,biblabel=dot]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{library.bib}

to the chapterX.tex documents while typing so it shows me the list, and then removing these lines again when I compile the main document.

Is here a better way to solve this problem?

Answer 1

Make sure that you use TeXStudio in master mode. To cite the manual of TeXStudio section 4.1:

TeXstudio allows you to work onto documents separated in several files. To include a TeX file into your document, just use the "\include{file}" command in the "LaTeX" menu. The file will appear in the "Structure View". With a click on his name, TeXstudio will open it.

TeXstudio now understands parent/child relations of loaded documents (1 level only !). Therefore, as in "master document mode", only the parent document is compiled if compilation is tarted while working on a child document. Likewise labels and usercommands are known in all corresponding documents.

You can still define your "master document" with the "Options" menu. All the commands of the "Tools" menu will apply only to this document even when working on the "children" documents (you can even close the "master" document). If a master document is set, labels and usercommands which are defined in any open document, can be used for completion in any open document. Thus you can insert easily a reference to a label which is defined in another subdocument, as long as that document is open in TeXstudio. Note : you can leave the "master" mode with the "Options" menu.