BibTeX
BibTeX is LaTeX's bibliography management facility: .bib files store literature entries, \cite cites them, and \bibliography generates the reference list.
Purpose
To manage a bibliography database for LaTeX documents, automatically generating numbered and formatted reference lists from citations.
Mechanism
A .bib file contains @type{key, field={value}, ...} entries (article/book/inproceedings, etc.). BibTeX scans citations in the .aux file, extracts entries from the .bib file, and formats the .bbl output according to the .bst style.
Use cases
- LaTeX bibliography management
- Academic citation formatting
- Literature databases
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