How do I cite author in Latex?

Question

How do I cite authors in Latex?

I tried using natbib package

---- doc.tex ----

...
\usepackage{natbib}
...
\citeauthor{736184}
...

---- doc.bib ----

@inproceedings{736184,
     author = {Broder, Andrei Z.},
...

but all I get is (author?) (in bold).

Answer 1

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Bibliography_Management

The simplest way is the one described in section "Embed system". You provide a list of sources and refer to them in text by \cite{ReferenceKey}.

I love Wikipedia\cite{Wikipedia}.

\begin{thebibliography}{2}

\bibitem{Wikipedia}
  Wikipedia,
  bla bla bla.

\bibitem{OtherItem}
  Other Title,
  other bla bla.

\end{thebibliography}