3

I'm new to LaTeX and am using TeXstudio for compiling my documents. I'm using \usepackage{natbib} for bibliography. The reference file was imported from EndNote for bibtex in .txt format - I changed the file extension to .bib

The citations work fine but there are a lot of fields in the references I don't want appearing in my document. All of them have the keywords, copyright info., ISBN diplayed in the reference section. I changed the reference style - \bibliographystyle{IEEEtranN} -hoping it would solve the problem but it's not working.

I checked a lot of answers on this website and elsewhere but they talk about, what I find to be, advanced stuff - often a different package is being used. Is there a simple way for removing unwanted fields?

Also I used \def\bibfont{\footnotesize} for changing the font size but it also reduced the size for the heading 'References'. Can it be fixed?

And finally, I get an error sometimes that the .bib file does not have info in the author-name format. It works fine but every now and then when I open the file again, it gives me this error.

Improve this question

2 Answers 2

Reset to default
4

With your current settings you have to edit your bib file by hand.

The standard packages doesn't interact well with the bib-file. The compilation bibtex produces an new bbl file where the complete thebibliography environment is saved.

As in other questions/answers I suggest switching to biblatex. This packages allows you a better interaction between the the bib fields and the output. The switching is really simple and describes in various answers. One of the best is:

Improve this answer
0

I disagree with the previous answer that says you have to manually edit the bib file or switch to biblatex.

I use natbib with the style "apalike" and it works just fine in displaying only the needed fields.

I tried to use \bibliographystyle{IEEEtranN} and that worked too: only some fields are displayed (e.g. it doesn't display keywords).

However, I noticed when I switched from one style to the other, the bibliography didn't change immediately. So you might need to re-compile your document a few times or delete the various output files to ensure that everything is compiled again. (I'm somewhat new to Latex too and I don't use TexStudio)

Anyway, you can get only the IEEEtranN fields displayed using natbib.

Improve this answer
5
  • 1
    The only reason that they are not displayed is that they are not defined. But how can you suppress a field?
    – Marco Daniel
    Jul 6, 2013 at 13:08
  • I am not sure I understand your comment. Using a style, you make only certain fields appear in your reference section. That's what the user wanted: showing some fields and no others. What am I missing?
    – BlueCoder
    Jul 6, 2013 at 13:32
  • 1
    Not missing. I mean your style solves the requirements. But the style doesn't allow suppressing fields like url or number.
    – Marco Daniel
    Jul 6, 2013 at 13:35
  • I assume that he uses IEEEtranN style because he wants IEEEtranN fields. If he wants to suppress fields that are included in IEEEtranN (like url), then he'd have to find a different style OR create a new style - possibly by modifying the IEEEtranN one (not sure how this is achieved though).
    – BlueCoder
    Jul 6, 2013 at 13:41
  • (infact he expected IEEEtranN to solve his issues and the unwanted fields listed - keywords, copyright, ISBN - are not part of IEEEtranN. Therefore, I think that he had some problems in using IEEEtranN, like the "compilation problem" I had when switching from apalike to IEEEtranN )
    – BlueCoder
    Jul 6, 2013 at 13:43

Your Answer

By clicking “Post Your Answer”, you agree to our terms of service, privacy policy and cookie policy

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged or ask your own question.