I'm using the apalike2
bibliography style (with some minor customizations that are not related to my questions though.
When I reference an article the format currently looks like this:
Smith, James E.; Nair, Ravi (2005). The Architecture of Virtual Machines. Journal of
Computer, 38(5), pp. 32-38, 2005.
1.) How can I prepend the volume with a descriptor, e.g., "Volume 38(5)"?
The relevant function I have identified in the .bst file is format.vol.num.pages but I didn't figure out how to correctly adapt it.
FUNCTION {format.vol.num.pages}
{ volume field.or.null
number empty$
'skip$
{ "(" number * ")" * *
volume empty$
{ "there's a number but no volume in " cite$ * warning$ }
'skip$
if$
}
if$
pages empty$
'skip$
{ duplicate$ empty$
{ pop$ format.pages }
{ ", pp.~" * pages n.dashify * } % changed from ":" for vol,pgs -- BJR 10/5/89
if$
}
if$
}
2.) When I have works of the same author in the same year, an entry may look like this:
Microsoft Corporation (2013a). BitLocker Overview. http://technet.microsoft.com/
en-us/library/hh831713.aspx, 2013a.
How can I change the year in the last column so that only the year is displayed, i.e., without the "a"? There seem to be functions output.year.check and format.year.check but again I am stuck with adapting it.
Any help is much appreciated.
Thank you very much in advance