{biblatex} is a complete reimplementation of the bibliographic facilities provided by LaTeX. It has its own backend {biber} which can be used instead of {bibtex} and which supports, e.g., full {unicode}, highly customisable sorting, data source filtering, and customisable field inheritance.
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Use pagestyle within bibheading definition in biblatex
The following MWE prints a cumulative bibliography, subdivided by chapter, using biblatex. I would like to use the pagestyle called special within the bibheading definition rather than invoking it ...
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biblatex: no linebreaks in name lists when typesetting ragged-right
When typesetting a bibliography \raggedright, biblatex seems to have trouble breaking a line between an author's first/last/middle names (and, if multiple authors are present, between two authors). ...
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Bibliographies when using subfiles
I am writing my Ph.D. thesis in XeLaTeX with Biblatex, and there are times when I need to compile individual chapters, and times when I need to compile the entire document, so I use subfiles, which ...
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Frames with bibliography are not added to the circle progress bar in smoothbars
I'm working with a Warsaw theme and smoothbars outtertheme.
I'm adding a bibliography entry at the end of the presentation that is meant to be used for a list of publications. However, these slides ...
3
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Multilingual bibliographies with biblatex-chicago babel hyphenation
Don't know what I did (if I did anything) but seems multilingual libraries don't work for me anymore... I have some german and english references in an english document and so I want that english ...
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Biblatex does not reverse the first and last names of the second author
I have the following .bib file:
@Book{sample-book,
author="First1 Last1 and First2 Last2",
title="A sample book",
publisher="Public Domain Books",
}
Then I use lualatex biber lualatex ...
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Biblatex Citation Problem [closed]
I have my bibliography contained in my LaTeX document, as
\usepackage{biblatex}
Words... \cite{ref1}
\begin{thebibliography}{9}
\bibitem{ref1}
...
\end{thebibliography}
I've done this many times ...
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\nocite-like macro for \footfullcite in beamer
Is there any macro similar to the behavior of \nocite?, in the sense of printing an entry of the bibliography, but for putting the citation verbatim in the footnote, similar to \footfullcite but ...
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Per-section cited and uncited reference list with biblatex
I'm using the example in section 3.11.3: Multiple Bibliographies of the Biblatex Documentation. I want to combine it with this example to get per-section cited and uncited bibliographies.
It's not ...
4
votes
1answer
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Arabic bibliography with biblatex
I haven't found any mention of the possibility of inserting a bibliography entry with biblatex in Arabic script (Arabic in this case).
Is there any way I can do it?
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votes
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order of multiple keys in \cite-command
The biblatex-command \cite{key} can take several keys, separated by a comma: \cite{ckey1,akey2,bkey3}.
The output is a list ordered alphabetically by surname: akey2; bkey3; ckey1 (where key of course ...
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Show uncited references using biblatex and refcheck [duplicate]
Does refcheck work with biblatex?
If not: how do I print all uncited references using biblatex?
Using the MWE from here, I can display all the uncited references.
When I try to do the same using ...
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1answer
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How to change the font of URL in the bibliography [duplicate]
When using the natbib package the URLs are printed and formatted in the bibliography in a different font from the rest of the document which looks nasty i.e. monospace Typewriter.
I am having ...
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Biblatex in author-date changes the way footnotes appear in the footer
I am using Biblatex-chicago in authordate format. The problem is that it also changes the way footnotes appear in the footer. Instead of appearing as superscripts they appear as inline numbers.
Here ...
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biblatex and biber problems [closed]
Okay, so I try to figure out how to use Biber to cite things instead of BibTeX.
I'm using the MiKTeX package manager with Texmaker. I've downloaded the biber.exe file, and put it in the folder
...
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1answer
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How can I use \input and \include with biblatex (biber backend)?
I have a document with external files. The only reason I am using external files is to make it easier to organize my large project. I have taken a small piece of the larger project and attempted to ...
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Are maxnames or minnames legal options for printbibliography?
I haven't been doing much LaTeX'ing and just installed TeX live 2012 last night. Now one of my documentation projects stops compiling due to the following snippet:
\chapter{List of publications}
...
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Freeing space by Formating the size of citations on slides in Beamer using Biblatex
I want to change the size of my citations on the slides. My relevant preamble:
\usepackage[style=apa,sorting=nyt,backend=biber]{biblatex}
\DeclareLanguageMapping{ngerman}{ngerman-apa}
...
4
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1answer
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error using special characters in in biblatex with LuaLaTeX
I am using LuaLaTeX and biblatex which the biblatex manual says should be able to compile utf. At the bottom of this message is a minimal non-working example. In the final PDF it just deletes all the ...
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Structuring the bibliography by headings and subheadings
In my Bibliography, I need two categories: Primary Sources and Secondary Sources. The first needs to be subdivided into Manuscripts and Published Works.
So, I thought I could use the following code:
...
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Reference in small font, italic at the bottom
I am trying to have my reference appear on the bottom of the slide (not as footnotes), and I hope someone can help me solve this.
I am using beamer and biblatex, and here is a minimal example:
...
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1answer
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“in” untranslated for French incollection and artcle bibliography entries
Instead of showing the French word dans, BibLaTeX is putting in to introduce booktitles and journals. For example
@incollection{rodgers99,
Address = {London},
Author = {Roders, C.},
...
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votes
1answer
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Upright subtitle in BibLaTeX
I am using BibLaTeX with backend biber and philosopy-modern as style. What I am looking for: I want the subtitles of books, collections etc. in the bibliography to appear in upright font, i.e. not in ...
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2answers
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How to use \autocite with biblatex-apa?
I'm trying to use \autocite feature with biblatex-apa, but it seems that the \autocite macro is not defined in biblatex-apa 5.7 (and biblatex 2.5). Example code follows:
...
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Define a macro for citation aliasing
How can I define a macro for the following citation
\defcitealias{author:year}{AuthorFirstName AuthorLastName}\citetalias{author:year} \citep{author:year}
such that ...
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votes
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biblatex-juradiss and german juristic commentaries
I'm writing my master’s thesis and I'm having troubles formatting citations the way I need to. I've tried to modify the solution given in this thread but without success.
I'm using biblatex with ...
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1answer
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Use ibidtracker with alphabetic style in biblatex
I would like to know if it's possible to use the ibidtracker option in combination with citestyle=alphabetic in biblatex. Something like this:
\usepackage[
citestyle=alphabetic,
...
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votes
3answers
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Custom Biblatex reference style
I am trying to get my bibliography to show the references as [ABCD01], where:
ABCD are the first 4 letters of the first author's last name (with an underscore replacing the missing characters if the ...
4
votes
0answers
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incollection: correct information for parts and chapters [closed]
In the "Handbook of mechanical engineering" there are 3 parts consisting of chapters and then sections (authors belong to the sections). I used incollection (biblatex) as entrytype to cite a certain ...
4
votes
1answer
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Where are the biblatex macros defined?
Today I wanted to modify some of biblatex's bibliography driver macros (in my special case it was the url+urldate macro). My plan was to copy the macro from the biblatex package of my TeX distribution ...
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votes
2answers
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Distinguish between \cite'd and \footfullcite'd references
I am writing a document in which I want to distinguish between my own references and others'. (I am using biblatex.) I'd like to make the distinction as follows: My own citations use the classical ...
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votes
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Put parentheses around year in citation
I have the following Latex code, where I use biber and chicago style for citations:
\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[english,ngerman]{babel}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
...
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biblatex: removing :eng from fullcite
I am writing an annotated bibliography, using the command \fullcite{key} to list the reference.
How can I get biblatex to suppress the language entry? ie it produces
Author,A. (2010) Title. ...
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Journal abbreviation mapping mystery [closed]
Here is my tex document:
\documentclass{report}
\usepackage[bibstyle=authoryear-icomp,
citestyle=authoryear-icomp,
uniquename=false,
uniquelist=false,
firstinits=true,
maxbibnames=5,
...
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XeLaTeX and bib entries with nocite
I am using xelatex to compile my document for the first time.
I would like to know what exactly I am doing wrong, because it is no generating any bibtex entries with nocite command.
Main File -
...
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1answer
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Biblatex, print ISBN field in MISC entry type
Is it possible to force print isbn field in misc entry type? I've set biblatex to
\usepackage[authordate,backend=bibtex]{biblatex-chicago}
I've tried to do it with
...
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votes
1answer
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How to create a numbered list of references when using verbose-trad1 style with the biblatex package?
I am using the biblatex package in the verbose-trad1 style.
When generating a bibliography at the end of my chapter, all references are listed in alphabetical author, but they are NOT numbered.
Is ...
3
votes
1answer
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maxnames in biber
I'm trying to set maxnames in my biber option, but it doesn't work.
I don't really understand what I'm doing wrong.
My MWE is:
\documentclass[12pt,a4paper,german]{scrartcl}
...
5
votes
2answers
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Issues with \defbibentryset
Using biblatex for my bibliography. When defining a \defbibentryset and using the \citeauthor command, it only cites the authors of the first key in the set, instead of all. Moreover, it ignores my ...
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vote
1answer
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How to change page display with biblatex? [duplicate]
I am using biblatex with style=authoryear-icomp and German settings. My citation show like this: (Thomas 2011b, S. 143)
I just want to change the S. (for page) with :, thus it would read: (Thomas ...
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votes
2answers
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pdf without footnotes
I have written a paper which I will give at a conference. My paper contains many and long footnotes (as I am quoting quite a lot of source texts in the footnotes). Now, the organiser of the conference ...
7
votes
1answer
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Is it possible to mark designated entries in a bibliography with an asterisk?
I am using biblatex to produce a bibliography with several sections like this:
\defbibheading{cvpubs}[List of Publications]{\section{#1}}
...
2
votes
1answer
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comma after last author field in biblatex
My apologies for not doing a proper search before asking my question. This is a last minute thing and I am very short on time for thesis submission.
Currently, my references (not citations) have no ...
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0answers
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How do I cite range of references? [duplicate]
I have to cite in LaTeX a range of sources (I'm using Miktex 2.9, TexnicCenter and Bibtex), all together.
If I write
... in 1990 \cite{ref1,ref2,ref3,ref4,ref5}
I would like to get
"... in 1990 ...
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Biblatex: No \postnotedelim for citations that aren't numerals
When I am citing pages in books, I use the citation format
(Author 1982:45)
But when I am citing something like paragraphs or online data with an ID number (i.e. things that aren't a plain ...
4
votes
1answer
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Set biblatex smartand to small caps
I want to apply small caps to the final name delimiter using BibLaTeX. I tried the following
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[spanish,es-minimal]{babel}
\usepackage[style=american]{csquotes}
...
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Biblatex: online isbn versus print isbn
The following book is referenced through two distinct isbn numbers: the online isbn and the print isbn. Is there a way to reflect this with biblatex?
@BOOK{AcaryBrogliato201011,
title={Numerical ...
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vote
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ShareLaTeX Bibliography in ApJ format
I am trying to use ShareLaTex to compile my bibliography in the Astrophysical Journal (ApJ) format. The document compiles in ApJ format just fine, but the bibliography is compiled in some generic ...
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Compress multiple year citations for same authors using biblatex [duplicate]
I have two references by same authors in two different years.
Wright & Fisher (1932)
Wright & Fisher (1934)
I would like for them to appear as: Wright & Fisher (1932,1934)
However, what ...
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votes
1answer
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How to set prenote for \cite globally using biblatex?
How can I set prenote for \cite globally with the possibility to pass an individual option via optional parameter to a single \cite command?
It should work like this:
\cite{key} --> ...
