📘 LaTeX Practical 10
Bibliography · citing references · thebibliography environment
❓ Question 10: Create a LATEX document demonstrating the use of the bibliography environment with at least five references cited within the text.
⌨️ LaTeX Source Code
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\title{Bibliography in \LaTeX}
\author{ARO Study Circle}
\date{\today}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\section{Introduction}
\LaTeX\ is a document preparation system used for
scientific and mathematical documents \cite{lamport}.
A short introduction to \LaTeX\ is given by
Oetiker et al. \cite{oetiker}.
The TeXbook provides detailed information about typesetting \cite{knuth}.
Mathematical typesetting is an important feature of \LaTeX\ \cite{mittelbach}.
The \LaTeX\ Companion provides information about advanced \LaTeX\ features \cite{goossens}.
\begin{thebibliography}{9}
\bibitem{lamport} Leslie Lamport, \text{LaTeX: A Document Preparation System}, Addison-Wesley, 2nd edition, 1994.
\bibitem{oetiker} Tobias Oetiker, Hubert Partl, Irene Hyna and Elisabeth Schlegl, \text{The Not So Short Introduction to \LaTeX2e}.
\bibitem{knuth} Donald E. Knuth, \text{The TeXbook}, Addison-Wesley, 1984.
\bibitem{mittelbach} Frank Mittelbach and Michel Goossens, \text{The \LaTeX\ Companion}, Addison-Wesley.
\bibitem{goossens} Michel Goossens, Frank Mittelbach and Alexander Samarin, \text{The \LaTeX\ Companion}, Addison-Wesley, 1994.
\end{thebibliography}
\end{document}
📖 Explanation of Commands
thebibliographyenvironment creates the bibliography section.\bibitem{}creates an individual reference.\cite{}cites a reference within the text.- The key in
\cite{}must match the key in\bibitem{}. \text{}displays book titles in italic type.- Five references are provided and cited within the text.
📄 Compiled PDF Output
Bibliography in LaTeX
August 21, 2026
1 Introduction
LaTeX is a document preparation system used for scientific and mathematical documents [1].
A short introduction to LaTeX is given by Oetiker et al. [2].
The TeXbook provides detailed information about typesetting [3].
Mathematical typesetting is an important feature of LaTeX [4].
The LaTeX Companion provides information about advanced LaTeX features [5].
References
[1]
Leslie Lamport, LaTeX: A Document Preparation System, Addison-Wesley, 2nd edition, 1994.
[2]
Tobias Oetiker, Hubert Partl, Irene Hyna and Elisabeth Schlegl, The Not So Short Introduction to LaTeX2e.
[3]
Donald E. Knuth, The TeXbook, Addison-Wesley, 1984.
[4]
Frank Mittelbach and Michel Goossens, The LaTeX Companion, Addison-Wesley.
[5]
Michel Goossens, Frank Mittelbach and Alexander Samarin, The LaTeX Companion, Addison-Wesley, 1994.
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