[Tex/LaTex] Including BibTex references from files

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I have:

  • A file with my dissertation: /home/robottinosino/dissertation.tex

  • A directory with my references: /home/robottinosino/references/

  • A set of 9 BibTex files to reference: /home/robottinosino/references/00{1..9}.bib

The current list of 9 references is bound to grow.

Question:

  • How can I "automatically" include the BibTex files in /home/robottinosino/references/ in my Bibliography section and format these according to my Uni's guidelines? (conference proceedings, journal articles, …)

Is there a system that does this automatically? Is there a "best practice"?

Best Answer

You can separate the BibTeX files with commas, so \bibliography{file1,file2,...} You can put the entire path into the bibliography command, but this is obviously less than desirable.

There is a $BIBINPUTS variable, the parallel of $TEXINPUTS, which you can use to set bibtex's search path.

For the formatting bit, surely you'll need to dig around for a style file that conforms to the guidelines or (gulp) write one yourself.

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