Bibliographies

8 Bibliographies

Creating a bibliography

Entries are stored in a BibTeX database;
Inform LaTeX about it using \bibliography command;
These are cited using \cite in the LaTeX file;
Choose a style using \bibliographystyle.

Creating a bibliography

The LaTeX basics

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{natbib}
\bibliographystyle{plainnat}
\begin{document}
Some text \cite{key}.
\bibliography{example}
\end{document}

BibTeX workflow

The BibTeX file

A basic article

Example 1

@book {lamport94 ,
   author    = {Leslie Lamport},
   title     =
     {{\LaTeX{}} : a document preparation system},
   edition   = {2nd},
   publisher = {Addison--Wesley},
   year      = 1994 ,
}

The BibTeX file

Multiple authors

Example 2

@inproceedings{smith05,
  author    = {Smith, Jr, John and Jane Lucy Doe
   and Other, Andrew N. and de Vere, Jo},
  title     = {An example article},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the Imaginary Society},
  month     = JAN,
  year      = 2005
}

Citations in LaTeX

The LaTeX kernel is limited for citations;
The natbib package is much more powerful;
A new approach is provided by biblatex.

Citations using natbib

Textual citations

\citet[⟨note⟩]{⟨key⟩}

\citet{lamport1994} ⇒	Lamport (1994)
\citet[p.~34]{lamport1994} ⇒	Lamport (1994, p. 34)
⇒

Parenthetical citations

\citep[⟨prenote⟩][⟨postnote⟩]{⟨key⟩}

\citep{lamport94} ⇒	(Lamport, 1994)
\citep[p.~34]{lamport94} ⇒	(Lamport, 1994, p. 34)
\citep[see][]{lamport94} ⇒	(see Lamport, 1994)

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