Rules / Output

LaTeX Warning: Empty bibliography — Empty bibliography

The bibliography printed no entries.

Fix

Cite sources, check \addbibresource, or use \nocite{*}.

Example

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\printbibliography with no citations

Fails: main.tex
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{biblatex}
\addbibresource{references.bib}
\begin{document}
This paper cites nothing yet.
\printbibliography
\end{document}
What TeX prints in main.log
LaTeX Warning: Empty bibliography on input line 6.