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author Robert McIntyre <rlm@mit.edu>
date Fri, 21 Mar 2014 00:08:49 -0400
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rlm@421 1 To comment out part of an entry in BibTeX, you can use:
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rlm@421 3 @Comment{body of text}
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rlm@421 5 If you wish to comment out the entire entry, just remove the @ sign in
rlm@421 6 front of the entry type (i.e., get rid of the '@' in "@Book").
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rlm@421 8 *************************************************************************
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rlm@421 10 You can specify fixed strings (say if you needed to use it multiple
rlm@421 11 times in your BibTeX file) with the @String command:
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rlm@421 13 @String(Leslie-Lamport = {Leslie Lamport})
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rlm@421 15 and then you could use it in various entries:
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rlm@421 17 @Book{latex,
rlm@421 18 Author = Leslie-Lamport,
rlm@421 19 Title = "\LaTeX",
rlm@421 20 ...
rlm@421 21 Year = "1993"}
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rlm@421 23 *************************************************************************
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rlm@421 25 The required fields are not prefaced with OPT. Those that are optional
rlm@421 26 *are* prefaced with OPT (remember to delete those three characters should
rlm@421 27 you wish to use those fields).
rlm@421 28
rlm@421 29 [Note:
rlm@421 30 For most entry types the "author" information is simply the AUTHOR
rlm@421 31 field. However: For the @Book and @Inbook entry types it's the AUTHOR
rlm@421 32 field, but if there's no author then it's the EDITOR field; for the
rlm@421 33 @Manual entry type it's the AUTHOR field, but if there's no author then
rlm@421 34 it's the ORGANIZATION field; and for the @Proceedings entry type it's
rlm@421 35 the EDITOR filed, but if there's no editor then it's the ORGANIZATION
rlm@421 36 field.]
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rlm@421 38 To use this, just have your main.tex specify the following:
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rlm@421 40 \bibliography{main}
rlm@421 41 \bibliographystyle{plain}
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rlm@421 43 There are several options for bibliographystyle:
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rlm@421 45 plain normal style - listed in ABC order and labeled numerically
rlm@421 46 unsrt same as plain except entries appear in order of citation
rlm@421 47 alpha same as plain except entry labels are used
rlm@421 48 abbrv same as plain except uses abbreviations for first names,
rlm@421 49 month names, and journal names
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rlm@421 51 Now that you have the basis for a bibliography, you have to run both
rlm@421 52 latex and bibtex on the document. First, you should run latex (to
rlm@421 53 create a foo.aux file, which bibtex reads). Then run bibtex once to get
rlm@421 54 some of the citations and create a .bbl file. Then run latex again so
rlm@421 55 that the cross references between the text file and the bibliography are
rlm@421 56 correct. You may want to repeat running bibtex and latex on the file to
rlm@421 57 make sure that all cross references are correct. Be warned that
rlm@421 58 adding/deleting citations and sources will require running bibtex again.
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rlm@421 60 For more information on this topic, please refer the following pages in
rlm@421 61 the LaTeX manual by Leslie Lamport:
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rlm@421 63 72-74 Bibliography and Citation
rlm@421 64 74-74 BibTeX
rlm@421 65 140-147 Format of the .bib File (also gives info on other entry types) 187-188 Bibliography and Citation
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