In this case, I'm assuming my document is called MyTexDoc.tex and I want to compile to the pdf file format; for the dvi file format, change the below commands to latex instead of pdflatex.
| 1. pdflatex MyTexDoc | Creates .aux files which include the keywords of your citations |
| 2. bibtex MyTexDoc | Extracts cited publications from the .bib file file, using the .aux file and formats them according to your indicated bibliography style. Finally the results are put into a .bbl file |
| 3. pdflatex MyTexDoc | Inserts the appropriate reference indications at each citation according to your indicated bibliography style |
| 4. pdflatex MyTexDoc | Refines citation and cross references, page formatting and page numbers |
Ideally, the above are stored in a shell script (Linux) or batch file (Windows) and execute that file whenever you need to compile the document.
