How to use BibTeX
Create your BibTex-File
Just create a plain text file and apply what has been explained in section BibTeX File Format.
Example:
@misc{ Nobody06, author = "Nobody Jr", title = "My Article", year = "2006" }
Create your LaTeX-File
\documentclass[11pt]{article} \usepackage{cite} \begin{document} \title{My Article} \author{Nobody Jr.} \date{Today} \maketitle Blablabla said Nobody ~\cite{Nobody06}. \bibliography{mybib}{} \bibliographystyle{plain} \end{document}
Compile
Most LaTeX Editors make using BibTeX even easier than it already is. In case you want to process myarticle.tex on the command line just do this:
$ latex myarticle $ bibtex myarticle $ latex myarticle $ latex myarticle