Intro to LaTeX - part 2: How to cite articles in your document using BibTeX

Part 2 of our Introduction to LaTeX: How to cite scientific literature in your document and write the bibliography using BibTeX.
We cover i) how to download the citation information from the NASA ADS service ii) how to maintain your .bib file iii) how to cut down crazy-long author lists to read "et al." iv) how to avoid errors from the journal name macros by using the aas_macros.sty style file

[@mutazjaber9567]

Great one! Why not using latexmk to avoid recompile every time?. It will take care of your references and document.

[@DanielPriceAstro]

Great tip, thanks! I did not know about latexmk. To generate pdf seems you need the extra flag "latexmk -pdf file.tex" but apart from that works great.

[@mutazjaber9567]

@@DanielPriceAstro Exactly. Its a life saver. Also you can choose the engine (Lua or Xe) i.e. latexmk -pdflatex=lualatex -pdf file.tex. Anyway, I enjoyed your series and looking forward for the rest. In addition kudos to Fortran one :))