Redefining the citation macro temporarily.

Question

I'm new to latex, but it seems you can temporarily redefine some commands? The problem I have is that normally the citation is (SMITH, 2000). But at times, I'd like to have Smith (2000) instead. Anyway I can temporarily redefine it, then use the standard version again after that "block" of code?

Answer 1

Have a look at the natbib package, it gives you two different citation commands, \citep and \citet, that do exactly what you're asking for.