[OS X TeX] bibliography

[Adam R. Maxwell]

On Jun 9, 2007, at 13:05, Daniel Culver wrote:

> Hi,
> I've not had to use a bibliography before and suddenly I have to  
> have one in a document (they are calling for mla style, but with no  
> reference to a professor since this isn't applicable) ready for  
> upload by this Sunday evening. Can anyone recommend a few top  
> choices of reading material (preferably that might be in /texlive/ 
> doc) to get me going. I prefer to use gwTex and Texshop.

There's an MLA style for BibTeX at <http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/biblio/bibtex/contrib/mla/ 
 > (never used it myself).  If you haven't used BibTeX before, I think  
Essential LaTeX++ gives a quick intro <http://noodle.med.yale.edu/latex/essential.pdf 
 > with enough to get started.  I'd recommend entering your references  
in BibDesk <http://bibdesk.sourceforge.net/>, unless they're already  
in a program that exports valid BibTeX.

hth,
Adam

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