Steve Litt wrote:
This will be my first book with a bibliography, and I don't know how to do it. I'll probably be listing 10-15 references. What do I do?
Within LyX, go "Insert -> Lists & TOC -> BibTeX reference", then add your BibTeX database file, and select the style of your reference.
By the sounds of it though you are fairly new to this, so just to expand a little - you'll need a BibTeX database file (*.bib usually) which contains a list of all your references and all the details necessary.
Within the bib file, each reference is characterised by a unique tag (you can choose anything for this), and then a series of cells which contain information about the journal name, page numbers, etc. Although it is possible to create the bib file entirely by hand in a text-editor, you may find it easier to use a bib file editor. I use tkbibtex, although emacs has a BibTeX editor mode and is probably just as good, if not better. There are a heap of others out there as well.
Once you've got a bib file prepared, then select this as your database in the "Bibtex generated refernces" widget within LyX (note that you can select several such dataase files if needed). To insert a reference within your document, go to "Insert -> Citation reference" and select one of the tags (you'll see the full details of the reference within the selection window).
It is possible to change the format and style of the reference appearances, but I'd suggest just getting the hang of inserting some references before moving on to anything too exotic.
Hope this helps.
Lata, Paul
