BibTeX

text, tool A Tex extension package for bibliographic

citations, distributed with LaTeX. BibTeX uses a

style-independent bibliography database (.bib file) to produce

a list of sources, in a customisable style, from citations in

a Latex document. It also supports some other formats.

BibTeX is a separate program from LaTeX. LaTeX writes

information about citations and which .bib files to use in a

".aux" file. BibTeX reads this file and outputs a ".bbl" file

containing LaTeX commands to produce the source list. You

must then run LaTeX again to incorporate the source list in

your document. In typeset documents, "BibTeX" is written in

upper case, with the "IB" slightly smaller and with the "E" as

a subscript. BibTeX is described in the LaTeX book by

Lamport.