How to cite references in Latex with explanation of a bibtex database and citation index

This is a tutorial that extends what we learnt in the previous tutorial on how to write IEEE style papers using Latex. In this tutorial we are going to talk about how to use citations in your paper. A paper is not complete without proper research and hence you need to cite those papers that add value to your own paper. Specifically, we are going to talk about:

1. What is a bibtex database
2. How to create a bibtex database
3. How to add an external database in your paper
4. How to add style to your bibtex database
5. How to assign citation keys to your bibtex database entries.
6. How to cite those references in your text

The code for this tutorial is given below. You need to create your own .bib file with the name ieetutorial.bib. Please leave a comment if you need help with that and I will post the file from tutorial:

\documentclass[conference]{IEEEtran}\usepackage{cite}\begin{document}\title{Sample IEEE paper style using Latex by QuickLatex.blogspot.com}\author{\IEEEauthorblockN{Author first, Author Second, and Suthor Third}\IEEEauthorblockA{Department of Latex Typeset\\Latex University\\City - State - Zip \\Email: latex@latex.lates}}\maketitle\begin{abstract}This is an abstract for a paper to show how to use latex for IEEE paper typeset.\end{abstract}\section{Introduction}\label{sec:intro} Here is a modified text sample for intro section using latex. This is a citation \cite~{authoryear} This is how you refer a section in another section Section~\ref{sec:meth} ..... \section{Methodologies} \label{sec:meth} This is the other section that you can use. \bibilographystyle{IEEEtran}\bibliography{ieetutorial} \end{document}