[Tex/LaTex] BibTeX compiling but not working – shows question mark between brackets

bibtexcite-package

I have this simple TeX file in TeXmaker.

\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage{cite}

\begin{document}

\title{My Article}
\author{Nobody Jr.}
\date{Today}
\maketitle

Blablabla said \cite{bertrand} and whatever.

\bibliography{endnotelibrary}{}
\bibliographystyle{plain}
\end{document}

My file in .bib format is in the same folder as the TeX file.

   @article{bertrand
       author = {Bertrand, M. and Duflo, E. and Mullainathan, S.},
       title = {How Much Should We Trust Difference-In-Differences Estimates?},
       journal = {Quarterly Journal of Economics},
       volume = {119},
       pages = {249-275},
       year = {2004}
    }

I have set up my TeXMaker as the following:

Options/Configure TexMaker/Quick Build/for asy files/wizard

The quick build compiles running

LaTeX –> BibTeX –> LaTeX –> LaTeX

again as recommended here.

When I run the wizard and want to view the file in PDF format, in the citations I "[?]" instead.

The are warnings too in the Log:

Citation `bertrand' on page 1 undefined

`Empty `thebibliography' environment`

Although it is clearly defined as endnotelibrary!

I am saving my TeX files in a Dropbox folder. (Not sure if this has any relevance.)

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Best Answer

Too long for a comment:

Please try the following complete, compilable MWE:

\RequirePackage{filecontents}
\begin{filecontents*}{\jobname.bib}
@article{bertrand,
  author  = {Bertrand, M. and Duflo, E. and Mullainathan, S.},
  title   = {How Much Should We Trust Difference-In-Differences Estimates?},
  journal = {Quarterly Journal of Economics},
  volume  = {119},
  pages   = {249-275},
  year    = {2004},
}
\end{filecontents*}


\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage{cite}

\begin{document}

\title{My Article}
\author{Nobody Jr.}
\date{Today}
\maketitle

Blablabla said \cite{bertrand} and whatever.
\nocite{*} %                              To check all bib entrys at once ...

\bibliography{\jobname}
\bibliographystyle{plain}
\end{document}

Package filecontents is only to put the bib file into the MWE to have only one file to compile.

The result then on my computer with current MiKTeX 2.9 is

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If you got something else please add \listfiles as first line to the MWE, compile and add the new part in the log file to your question ...

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