{citing} is about specific or customized citation commands. For general questions about bibliographies and citations, use {bibliographies}, or preferably the tag for the bibliography packages and/or backend programs you use, e.g., {bibtex}, {natbib}, or {biblatex}.
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Showing the bibliographic entry in a popup when you hover over the citation key
I thought it would be useful to have bibliographic entries displayed as a tooltip so readers are not interrupted by following hyperlinks or trying to find the Bibliography, so I created the following ...
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Can I count the number of times each reference is cited?
I am writing a paper, and I would like to be able to find out automatically how many times each reference is cited. This could either be appended to the references in a printed version, or outputted ...
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How do I cite author in Latex?
How do I cite authors in Latex?
I tried using natbib package
---- doc.tex ----
...
\usepackage{natbib}
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\citeauthor{736184}
...
---- doc.bib ----
@inproceedings{736184,
author = {Broder, ...
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Can a bibtex entry be given more than one reference name?
I would like to give some of my bibtex entries multiple reference names, without duplicating the entry. Is this possible?
My reason is that I have a reference name scheme in my master bibtex file, ...
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Can citation numbers be stored as variables, then used in my tex file?
I'm trying to create a "flow chart" of papers that shows the progression of key ideas over time. A very basic example is this:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
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Why should I put a ~ before \ref or \cite?
My question is in the title of this post, but extends to other referencing commands like \eqref, \citep, \citet (and the like) as well.
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Biblatex, capitalization of arabic names and name prefixes
As we know, using the useprefix option, when name prefixes like von, della etc. are present in the bibliography, enables us to change name sorting as well as capitalize those prefixes using commands ...
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Citing a range of papers (using numeric keys)?
Is there a way so that, when I cite a range of papers, the output is a range of numbers, instead of a list of numbers? In other words, when I type
... some dummy text here is due to me \cite{me1, ...
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Using BibTeX to make a list of references without having citations in the body of the document?
Is there any way to have BibTeX insert a bibliography without having citations in the body of the document itself? Maybe a way to hide the in-text citations, so that BibTeX still sees them and ...
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Check if an entry is cited multiple times
I am trying to find out whether it is currently possible to have a test in Biblatex that tests at the very first time an entry is cited whether the same entry will be cited more than once in the ...
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What is the difference in citing/referencing with or without tilde?
I've seen examples referencing a table as follows:
Table~\ref{table:overview} shows an overview of all the elements.
What is the use of the tilde in front of \ref or \cite and when do you have to ...
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hyperlink name with biblatex authoryear
I am using biblatex with the authoryear styles.
So far I've been able to find everything I need easily in the excellent documentation, but I'm stuck on one thing.
With my current settings (below) ...
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biblatex: How to omit “p.” at \cite?
I'm using \cite[1]{A01}. The result is
Author 2001, p. 1
The desired result is
Author 2001, 1
How do I achieve that? I'm aware of biblatex: How to remove the parentheses around the year in ...
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Possessive cite in biblatex-chicago (authordate)
For my master's thesis I changed my citation package from harvard with bibtex to biblatex-chicago with authordate and bibtex8, primarily because I need babel to translate my bibliography to Norwegian. ...
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Is it possible to make automatic multiple citations with csquotes and biblatex?
I'm using csquotes package with biblatex. There is a number of citations that require multiple references, which can be introduced with the \autocites command --- e.g. second hand citations (“cited ...
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Unsorted citations and floats
In attempting to answer this question Citations in order of appearance it's clear that unsorted citation schemes (ones in which the citations are numbered simply by order of appearance) can be easily ...
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Question mark instead of citation number
I've browsed the forums and found a number of posts that have addressed this issue, but none of the solutions seem to work for me. I have the following script that I just copied from the bibtex home ...
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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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Citing author's full name in biblatex
How can I cite an authors full name (= first name + last name) in biblatex?
@book{Gladwell2005,
author = {Gladwell, Malcolm},
address = {New York, NY},
publisher = {Back Bay Books},
...
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biblatex: Switching languages for *citations* according to the bibentry's “hyphenation” field
Quoting from section 3.1.2.1 of the biblatex manual:
[The babel] option controls which
language environment is used if the
babel package is loaded and a
bibliography entry includes a
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Should you put citations before or after interpunction?
This probably also could go to English.SE, but I'm not sure.
When I want to cite a source for a complete sentence, you put the citation before or after the period?
And if you cite for a word, or ...
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Biblatex: tricks with repeated citations in footnotes
I'm trying to adapt the citation formatting provided by the verbose-trad2 style for biblatex to conform to very particular specifications I've been given. I think verbose-trad2 is the closest to all ...
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biblatex-apa and hyperref: right parenthesis not part of link for \textcite
I use biblatex-apa citation style. I also use hyperref with colour links, rather than ugly coloured boxes. When I use \textcite the author name and year are both part of the link, but the right ...
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How to cite a paper I didn't read?
The problem I have is that a paper that is cited by other papers I've read is not to be found. I've read only its abstract. I understand that what I want should look like
Featherstone et al 1900 ...
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How do I make LaTeX push long citations to a new line?
When I use the \cite command for my citations, often LaTeX will overflow the margins for my lines, and the text looks pretty bad. How can I make LaTeX push long citations to the next line ...
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N first words command for citation style
I need a way to get to display three first words of the title in citations and if some words did not get displayed add dots. I am using Biblatex.
\nfirstwords[3]{I Like Apples and Oranges}{\dots}
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Use BibTeX key as the cite key
I tried to use natbib and other attempts but for vain. I would like to produce a cite key which is identical to the BibTeX entry. For example, if I have a BibTeX entry Bt98, then I want \cite{Bt98} to ...
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bibtex with multiple aliases for the same reference
Is this something that I can do with bibtex? I have a few different manuscripts with some other collaborators and it would be easier for me if I could make \cite{foo} and \cite{bar} point to the same ...
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How do I get the author and the year in square brackets?
I have to following problem. I'm working on a presentation. Therefore I need, when I cite a paper or something else, the whole name and year of the paper. Everything went well until now. When I cite ...
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Citations with no date, e.g. (Aristotle n.d.)
I need to cite a work from antiquity that has no known date, using natbib and author-year citations. The best suggestion I've found is to write the citation using "n.d." (no date) for the year of ...
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How to cite OMG specifications?
I have to cite several OMG standards and specifications in a paper, such as MOF, UML, etc. What's the best BibTeX entry format to do so? These are not articles or conference papers. They are not ...
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What is the proper way to cite a legal document?
I need to cite some decrees in my essay for philosophy of science class.
I believe it is a common problem, so there should be a standardized way.
Thanx.
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How to refer a section in another chapter?
To begin its not a LaTeX query but related to writing a report.
What is the best way to refer a Section in another Chapter in the report ?
I am using something like this,
As explained in ...
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Biblatex custom cite command
I recently started using biblatex and I'm looking for some custom cite commands. The \footfullcite takes up too much space so I wanted to create some \footcite command myself that would only produce ...
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Get the “annote” field of a .bib file
I have BibTeX entries that look like this:
@inproceedings{Defraene2010,
annote = {This is a very nice paper.I will say more about it later},
author = {Defraene, Bruno and van Waterschoot, Toon and ...
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Add a field to BibLaTeX output when \ifciteseen is true
I use biblatex with verbose and cite via \footcite{...} throughout the document.
Problem is: if citing the same source twice, the verbose style outputs author surname and booktitle - but i need it to ...
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Bibtex in-text citation using “et al.” How do you insert 's to indicate possession?
I'm citing an in-text reference using natbib and a Harvard-style. The way I've constructed the sentence indicates possession, for example:
Smith et al.'s (2009) recent study ...
What I get when ...
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Displaying selected bibliographic items in the body of the text
I have to prepare a beamer presentation on the topic of citations and bibliographies. So I should be able to display selected bibliographic items in the slides as examples in most of the slides. I ...
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Can you employ \unskip to automatically place a non-breaking space before \cite or \ref?
It is recommended to place a non-breaking space before \cite, \ref, inline math and perhaps at few other locations.
The question is whether you can design an improved version of \cite (say) which ...
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Extended draft mode which includes source information for manual print-out to source synchronisation
I'm looking for a kind of extended draft mode which places the source code position of paragraphs, sectioning commands and figures etc. as marginpars or similar in the PDF, so that they appear on a ...
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Difference between \footcite and \cite in BibLaTeX
Since recently, I am having some trouble with the short/ibidem and full citations in BibLaTeX. When I use a \cite command inside a footnote, it behaves differently than \footcite: it seems each keeps ...
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Cite in the caption of a graphic but not in \listoffigures?
Sometimes I'd like to cite the reference in the caption of a graphic. But I want to avoid that this citation is displayed in the \listoffigures. How can I achieve that?
Fore example with this code:
...
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Biblatex and citation reset between chapters
I have a feeling that there is an obvious answer to this question that I'm somehow managing to miss. However, I've tried most of the commands in the biblatex documentation and I still can't figure it ...
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How do I print the cite key along with the entire .bib file?
I am trying to print an entire *.bib file. I would like to print the citation key along with all the entries in the .bib file. I can print my bibligraphic data file (.bib) but cannot get it to print ...
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Make biblatex treat different author names as same author in text citations
Some guy has written a few books, but he is inconsistent from book to book when it comes to including and/or abbreviating his middle name. When I cite this author in the text, I would like biblatex to ...
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biblatex : which style for a footnote once then nothing?
Ok sorry for this not so clear title. I'm having trouble to express & find what seems so simple :s
I'm biblatex and I would like to know which citation style/bibliographical style and/or option I ...
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biblatex: Handling secondary (“quoted in”) citations
This question and the answer became part of a package:
biblatex-musuos
How can I qoute secondary quotes which I’ve taken form another book.
Example
Jon Doe writes a book an cites Fred Bloggs ...
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Sorting citations using \cites command in biblatex
I am using biblatex for citations and bibliography. Now I often have lists of multiple citations, for which biblatex has the \cites command. Now I can get citations to automatically sort if I don't ...
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Author name of \textcite as possessive
When using biblatex I often use \textcite. Sometimes I want to write things like "Smith's (2000) formulation of x is" instead of "Smith (2000) formulates x as". How do I achieve this? Or more ...
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Macro for formatting names (initials or full name)
I want to write full names of authors in the LaTeX source, but assign different roles to them, and then via macro decide whether to print the full first name or just initials:
In the work of ...
