{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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Workflow for managing references?
What is your workflow for managing references? How does this workflow scale?
Do you use programs like zotero, mendeley, jabref? What are their pros and cons?
Does it allow easy integration of ...
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Put (ed) at the end every time (verbose-trad) and first inits problem
I'm using biblatex with verbose-trad2 option and I'm trying to change the way names are printed.
I want to have (dir.) (= (ed)) at the end of editor's name (for proceedings or collection).
It works ...
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How to use biblatex-gost with XeLaTeX?
I'm trying to make use of biblatex-gost package with XeLaTeX -- but it gives error:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec} % enagles loading of OpenType fonts
\usepackage{polyglossia} % ...
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Including postnote in custom biblatex footnote citation
I've adapted the code from http://www.khirevich.com/latex/footnote_citation/, original adapted from http://www.texdev.net/2010/03/08/biblatex-numbered-citations-as-footnotes/.
I am trying to ...
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Tweaking of Biblatex style to show emphasized species name
Using the Biblatex style from here and tweaking some other things I had some success but not for this thing in bibliography; I have a repeated species name, which is Helicobacter pylori, how to write ...
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biblatex: List of publications in the CV
I am writing my CV using the article class. How can I list my journal publications and conference presentations each in a separate section? I saved my publication in the .bib database.
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Beamer margins in bibliographies
In beamer I am using this code:
\begin{frame}[allowframebreaks]
\frametitle{REFERENCES}
\printbibliography
\end{frame}
to produce a bibliography that will span multiple slide pages ...
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Biblatex supercite with square brackets and grouped
I found this code here:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{biblatex}
\DeclareCiteCommand{\supercite}[\mkbibsuperscript]
{\iffieldundef{prenote}
{}
{\BibliographyWarning{Ignoring ...
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Bibliography tools that are compatible with biblatex and biber
I’m currently in the process of reconsidering how I do bibliography management. It seems to be most sensible to use biblatex with biber. I’d like to know what tools are available on which I can build ...
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Converting from biblatex to BibTeX format using biber
I wish to use biblatex+biber, in large part because of its data format (xdata!), but often need to use .bst-based bibliography styles. I am aware that biber --tool allows conversion of .bib-files. ...
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biblatex-apa: Author's first name is repeated in brackets
I am using the biblatex-apa package together with the latest biber and biblatex versions (... I think). The issue is, that sometimes the author's first name, or its abbreviation, is repeated in square ...
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Biblatex \textcite using a superscript reference number
I would like to typeset the citation number produced by \textcite as a superscript number, rather than enclosed by brackets, in line with the rest of my document. Is it possible to typeset "Author ^1" ...
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Unwanted extra spaces are included before and after backslashes in biblatex URL
I have a biblatex reference with a URL field. However, every backslash is surrounded by spaces.
I am using
\usepackage[sorting=nyt, citestyle=authoryear, bibstyle=authoryear, isbn=false, ...
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What to do to switch to biblatex?
Because of the great answers posted around in the site, I'm finally considering to do the switch and move to biblatex. So, the question is what do I have to do?
To give the question some focus, ...
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Multiple citations with pages using BibLaTeX
How can I do multiple citations with page numbers using bibLaTeX/biber?
I have tried \cite[2,3,4]{ref1,ref2,ref3,ref4} but it doesn't work.
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biblatex is ignoring maxcitenames
I am using the following line in my document:
\usepackage[citestyle=apa,maxcitenames=2,bibstyle=authoryear,doi=true,url=true]{biblatex}
However, biblatex ignores maxcitenames, and prints out every ...
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biblatex - volume and issue in words and with comma in front of them
So the current product looks like this:
Gillies, A. (1933), “Herder and the Preparation of Goethe’s Idea of World Literature”,
in: Publications of the English Goethe Society 9 (2), pp. 46–67.
...
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Biblatex: Can We Delete `\autocite` From Biblatex?
Why do we have two different commands for citing? One when citing exactly one source (\autocite) and another one that is conceived to be used when citing more than one source (\autocites)?
If you ...
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1answer
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Biblatex with apa6 package on Ubuntu
I am trying to get the apa6 package to work on Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise). In order to do so, I first installed TeX Live2012 from texlive-backports, and after some trying installed the following packages: ...
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Suppress “In:” biblatex
How do I suppress the "In: " before the journaltitle? Like so:
In: Journal of Applied Physics
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Bibliography Total pages?
How can I indicate in my bibliography that the reference has 500 pages in total, for example.
As I understand, the keyword "pages" in Bibtex refers to the specific page or page ranges.
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Book reviews entry in biblatex-chicago
I am using the review entry type in biblatex-chicago, and neither the biblatex-chicago nor the biblatex documentation have been helpful.
The result I'd like to obtain is something at least close to ...
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Biblatex apa-style citation link issue
The biblatex apa-citation only link the year other than author-year together.
apa-style:
while the citation of a typical journal paper looks like this:
So how to make the default apa-style ...
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1answer
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Harvard Style Citation and Bibliography
I am new to LaTeX and I am having problems with my bibliography.
What I want : I am writing my thesis and I want to have Harvard style citation and bibliography. ...
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1answer
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Biblatex: Automatic *Vgl.* & automatic quote indenting (depending on quote length)
Is it possible to create a command that:
Whenever it exceeds a certain number of lines in the output (preferably 3), it will be typeset indented.
The citation will automatically be typeset without ...
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how to \cite without an entry in the bibliography?
Even though it may sound weird: is it possible to have a \cite{key}-command that cites a bibliographic item without including that item in the bibliography?
As it were, I am looking for the opposite ...
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How to use biber
Simply put I want to know what steps I need to take to start biber with biblatex. I haven't been able to find any proper tutorials or guides showing how you go about using it instead of BibTeX.
What ...
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Using BibTool with BibLaTeX, again
I've installed BibTool and it seems to work for e.g. printing a formatted bibliography to the terminal. I'm trying to extract a bibliography from an .aux file from a document compiled with BibLaTeX. ...
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2answers
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biblatex/multicol: Incorrect vertical space after bibliography heading
I'm trying to typeset a bibliography inside a multicols environment, but with the heading as a single column (using multicols' optional argument). I've noticed that the vertical space between the ...
3
votes
1answer
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Reference a book without authors with a shortened title (biblatex)
I have a book without (known) authors. Its title is very long, so I'd like to shorten it in citations, but not in the bibliography. I've tried to use SHORTTITLE, but then that shortened title also ...
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Trying to use biblatex-historian with a BibTeX backend and XeLaTeX
I'm currently working with a large bibliography that I've assembled for my PhD studies that I've edited in several different programs (KBibTeX, JabRef, and ebib from emacs primarily) and that was ...
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Using bibtool with biblatex
I'm trying to use bibtool to extract bibliography information from an aux file. I'm using this MWE:
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{filecontents}
\begin{filecontents}{foo.bib}
...
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biblatex - Order last-first for the names of multiple editors?
For all bibliography items containing multiple editors, I must print the same order of names for multiple editors as I have them for multiple authors. For the authors, I got it to work (see here), but ...
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votes
1answer
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biblatex - postcite as subscript
I've defined the command \newcommand{\mycite}[2][]{\autocite{#2} #1} which allows me to combine a superscripted citation with a parenthetical page reference:
Cf. Sloterdijk1 (pp. 84–85). ✓
This ...
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biblatex - How to get “editor” in parentheses behind the name? (authoryear)
I must have the editor(s) in parentheses for source-types such as collections, proceedings and others. The relevant part of the bibliography item currently looks like
Ed. by F. Seibt
but must be
...
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biblatex, authoryear-icomp: brackets around the year in footnotes
I use biblatex with the cite-style authoryear for footnotes, which results in
Chang et al. 2005, p. 1116.
Faculty guidelines require
Chang et al. (2005), p. 1116.
though.
Which files need ...
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biblatex - year in parentheses for references with authoryear? [duplicate]
According to guidelines, besides printing the year in parentheses in the bibliography (which is working by default), I must have the year in parentheses for the references. Also, I have to use ...
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\footcite in Beamer
I'm using biblatex and its \footcite command within beamer and when I want to reference two references together like \footcite{ref1,ref2}, I get a single number with two contiguous references as ...
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votes
1answer
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biblatex: move backrefpages to after the period
I've used some tips about how to toy with the format of backrefs in biblatex, and I'm seeing that the formatting is quite flexible. In the screenshot below, I've put the backref into a box. That's ...
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votes
1answer
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biblatex driver for journals without real page numbers
Some open access journals like JHEP don't have a real page number, altough they export one, see:
http://iopscience.iop.org/1126-6708/2001/01/010/
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[]{biblatex}
...
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List edition only if higher than 1st and location behind publisher
I am trying to customize biblatex to the needs of the requirements. At this point I am working on the book-class.
The status quo is based on the MWE below. As I indicated in the title, I would like ...
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Some biblatex labels do not appear depending on their position [closed]
I'm using BibLaTex with Biber to generate my bibliography.
Unfortunatelly, I'm struggling with a very strange behaviour concerning the displaying of the blibliography labels: Some labels are not ...
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vote
1answer
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How to switch citation style from author-year to author-number using biblatex?
Have been using biblatex apa-style of author-year citation for a while, now i want to change the style to author-number style:
For example: as with \cite{Loh:1992}
Before:
...
Loh (1992)
...
...
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Running BibLatex (Backend=Biber) in Texmaker
I have quite an interesting problem. After backup of my system (Windwos 7 x86) I have troubles running biblatex in general. I solved the problem partially.
I have MikTex 2.9 installed and using ...
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Including an asterisk in a reference item number [duplicate]
How do I add a mark (asterisk/dagger) to a particular bib entry, based on a keyword? For example consider the bib file:
@article{Doe2012a,
author = {J. Doe},
title = {Lorem Ipsum -- Part ...
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How do I remove parentheses around a year in the references using biblatex? [duplicate]
I have an issue whereby I would like to get the parentheses removed around the year in the following reference, and a period added after the author list.
For example, I would like to change:
"Ambler, ...
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Trying to suppress URLs with BibLaTeX, using a simple person's method
Based on other questions here, I'm trying to create an annotated bibliography, using \fullcite, where I want to suppress all URLs.
I'm using what appears to be a simple solution, which works for a ...
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votes
1answer
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Removing Section Name in Heading of Reference Page
I am using the \pagestyle{myheadings} command to put page numbers on my document which does not include the Section Name in the heading.
However, that does not seem to work on the References page of ...
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votes
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unpleasent character protrusion using microtype, biblatex and block=nbpar
Using microtype together with biblatex's entrysets and block=nbpar options leads to an unpleasent result. The left bracket of (a) is moved too much to the right. (b) and (c) are less affected by the ...
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Redefine \cite for brackets [duplicate]
EDIT: I finally found out how to do it:
\newrobustcmd*{\parentexttrack}[1]{%
\begingroup
\blx@blxinit
\blx@setsfcodes
\blx@bibopenparen#1\blx@bibcloseparen
\endgroup}
\AtEveryCite{%
...
