though I am relatively new to Lyx but I think it's easy to do references on this awesome app. 1.maintain a file with Bibtex references. (you can just copy/paste the Bibtex in the website where you get the paper/book) 2.name the file and save it with .bib extension 3. in Lyx, go insert->List/TOC->Bibtex Bibliography A window will appear, click Add then Browse 4. Locate your .bib file then click add then ok
now you are ready to cite all the references in your file by choosing insert->citation Cheers, On 2011-08-07, at 2:39 PM, melise heyns wrote: > To whom it may concern > > I am a student learning to use LyX for the first time, without any help. I am > not familiar with TeX and LaTeX at all. > > The user's manual explains that you need to download a program with which to > create a database to do referencing. I have found a few sites where I'm > supposed to be able to download these programs, but every time I select a > 'download' button, either nothing happens and the site just uploads itself > again, or the app that I downloaded missed a basic file. Explanations of how > to use the programs on these sites are also a bit confusing to me - the > authors mostly assume that you are familiar with TeX and LaTeX. > > I am completely lost! Can somebody please advise me on where to find > information that explains how to use LyX, or at least how to get going with a > 'referencing database', in basic terms? Also, can I please be referred to a > good link where I can obtain such a 'database program'? I use Windows. > > I have read the tutorial and gone on to the user's manual, but for a complete > newbie these are still proving to be too cryptic sometimes. I am at my wit's > end and not even sure of what questions I should be asking here... :( I am, > however, eager to learn how to use LyX because it is such a time-saver. > > Thank you very much. > M. Heyns
