Make sure to use biber to compile bibliography. To generate glossaries 1. makeglossaries.exe requires perl interpreter. Make sure to install it. Download here: http://www.activestate.com/activeperl/downloads. DONT forget to add perl to system environment path 2. run makeglossaries.exe dms.tex in a command line Additional notes when compiling through TeXStudio IDE ------------------------------------------------------------------ Setting up biber 1. Goto TexStudio: Options -> Configure TeXStudio -> Build -> Meta Commands 2. Inside "Default Bibliography tool" type txs:///biber Creating custom command for generating glossaries 1. Goto TexStudio: Options -> Configure TeXStudio -> Build -> User Commands 2. Click plus sign 3. Name the command on the left field. On the field input makeglossaries.exe % If you want to compile and view glossaries use makeglossaries.exe % | txs:///view