Dummy package for .bib files
I think any BibTeX installation will have this one available
texmf-dist/bibtex/base/xampl.bib
That is (in texlive at least) in the default path so you can do:
\documentclass{article}
\bibliographystyle{plain}
\begin{document}
\nocite*
\bibliography{xampl}
\end{document}
or cite a specific entry such as
@ARTICLE{article-minimal,
author = {L[eslie] A. Aamport},
title = {The Gnats and Gnus Document Preparation System},
journal = {\mbox{G-Animal's} Journal},
year = 1986,
}
Users of biblatex
may add
\addbibresource{biblatex-examples.bib}
to their preamble and thereby make available a sample bibliography with about 70 entries. The contents of this file can be viewed here.
Note: This .bib
file uses biblatex
-specific field types like journaltitle
and is therefore not suitable for users of traditional BibTeX/.bst
files.