BibTeX


BibTeX

(text, tool)A Tex extension package for bibliographiccitations, distributed with LaTeX. BibTeX uses astyle-independent bibliography database (.bib file) to producea list of sources, in a customisable style, from citations ina Latex document. It also supports some other formats.

BibTeX is a separate program from LaTeX. LaTeX writesinformation about citations and which .bib files to use in a".aux" file. BibTeX reads this file and outputs a ".bbl" filecontaining LaTeX commands to produce the source list. Youmust then run LaTeX again to incorporate the source list inyour document. In typeset documents, "BibTeX" is written inupper case, with the "IB" slightly smaller and with the "E" asa subscript. BibTeX is described in the LaTeX book byLamport.