Using Bibtex within an article

Question

I like using bibtex for generating my bibliography since it takes care of all the formatting for me. I'm wondering if/how it is possible to easily insert bibliographic information into other parts of an article or document. For instance, if I wanted to easily update the publication list in my CV, or for listing my publications in a grant proposal. Is there an easy way to do this?

Answer 1

I would also recommend to use biblatex instead of bibtex. Please find some info how to switch here. It allows the use of \fullcite, which is great. It puts a single reference anywhere in the text. Therefore, it is ideal for grant proposals and cv, where you might need your 'five most important publications' or something like that. I made a small example:

The latex file is:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage[backend=biber]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{manuell.bib}

\usepackage{lipsum}

\begin{document}

\lipsum[1]

I made the following publication when I was very young:
\begin{itemize}
\item \fullcite{Reynolds:1950p3730}
\end{itemize}

\lipsum[2]

\end{document}

and the .bib-file:

@article{Reynolds:1950p3730,
author = {C Reynolds and B Serin and W Wright and L Nesbitt}, 
journal = {Phys. Rev.},
title = {Superconductivity of isotopes of mercury},
pages = {487},
doi = {10.1063/1.3332575},
volume = {78},
year = {1950},
URL = {http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRev.78.487}
}