Links you might want to check
- Natbib
- A LaTeX package for easy author-year citation style. See also its reference sheet.
- Jurabib
- Jurabib is a package for the LaTeX typesetting system and supports citations used in the humanities and by German law students.
- Amsrefs
- An formating system which does not use BibTeX language directly.
- BibTeX
- BibTeX is available on CTAN and two pdf files document its use and its styles. If you look for a shorter text there are also plenty of online tutorials such as Andrew Roberts' Bibliography Management tutorial which is simple yet very complete.
- LaTeX
- Check the home page of the LaTeX project which contains links to various documentation sources. A good start is The (Not So) Short Introduction to LaTeX2e
BibTeX Database managers
- BibDesk
- is a graphical BibTeX-bibliography manager for Mac OS X.
- BibEdit
- is a small freeware Windows program for editing BibTeX files.
- JabRef
- Cross platform BibTeX database editor, written in Java.
- KBibTeX
- A BibTeX editor for KDE
- Pybliographer
- is a tool for managing bibliographic databases. It can be used for searching, editing, reformatting, etc. It is a framework of python functions with a Gnome (GTK+) graphical user interface.
- CiteULike
- "CiteULike is a free service to help academics to share, store, and organise the academic papers they are reading". This online database manager features BibTeX import and export. Think of it as the del.icio.us of bibliography management.