>     > Another thing. I am used to the Latex editor Kile. In Kile when you
>     > type '\ref' a list of all your references pops up and when you type
>     > \cite' a list of all items in the bibliography pops up. Is this kind
>     > of functionality available in emacs?
>     >
>         

    Yes, if reftex is also bundled in the installation; enable reftex and
    in the Tex buffer, hit C-c =; the buffer will split into 2 and in the
    top half you will see a TOC, hitting l there will show all the labels
    and cites.




In auctex you can also use
ctrl-) => insert a reference to a label
ctrl-[ => insert a citattion
ctrl-( => insert a label

by subsequent typing TAB you get expansion of your possibilities