BibTEX

LYX has support for BibTEX, which allows you to build databases of bibliographical references to be used in multiple documents. Select Insert $\triangleright$Lists & TOC $\triangleright$BibTEX Reference to include a bib file. Click on the resulting ``BibTEX Generated References'' button, and you will get a BibTEX dialog. In the Database field, type what you would type inside the braces of a \bibliography{} command^5.2. Similarly, in the Style field, type what you would type inside the braces of a \bibliographystyle{} command.

After you've done this, you can use citations from any bibliographies you're including with Insert $\triangleright$Citation Reference (see Section ). LYX will take care of running BibTEX. The box in the Citation dialog will show a list of all the references in your bib file.