Bibtex Citations Gitbook Plugin

This plugins requires gitbook >=2.0.0.

Install

Add this to your book.json, then run gitbook install:

{
    "plugins": [
        "bibtex"
    ],
    "pluginsConfig": {
      "bibtex": {
        "bibliography": "bibliography.bib"
      }
    }
}

Usage

The plugin expects a literature.bib file in your books root folder. You can use the bibtex keys defined within the file to reference the literature.

{{ "some-key" | cite }}

You can also add a table of references in last file through:

{% references %} {% endreferences %}

Only used literature is included in the table of references. They are ordered by the usage within the text.