I would like to cite Alan Greenspan's speech from 1996. What should the appropriate bibtex entry look like?
You don't give much to go on in terms of what bibliographical style you need/want. But you could do something like this for BibTeX
% usage: latex <file>, bibtex <file>, latex <file>, latex <file>
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{filecontents}
\begin{filecontents}{\jobname.bib}
@Misc{greenspan1996,
author = {Greenspan, Alan},
title = {The Challenge of Central Banking in a Democratic
Society},
year = {1996},
month = {12},
note = {Remarks by Chairman Alan Greenspan at the Annual
Dinner and Francis Boyer Lecture of The American
Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research,
Washington, D.C. [Accessed: 2013 06 20]},
url ={http://www.federalreserve.gov/boarddocs/speeches/1996/19961205.htm},
}
\end{filecontents}
\usepackage{natbib}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\begin{document}
I read: \cite{greenspan1996}.
\bibliographystyle{plainnat}
\bibliography{\jobname}
\end{document}
However, I recommend using biblatex
(and biber
). Even the default output looks much better in my opinion:
% usage: latex <file>, biber <file>, latex <file>
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{filecontents}
\begin{filecontents}{\jobname.bib}
@Online{greenspan1996,
author = {Greenspan, Alan},
title = {The Challenge of Central Banking in a Democratic
Society},
date = {1996-12-05},
url = {http://www.federalreserve.gov/boarddocs/speeches/1996/19961205.htm},
note = {Remarks by Chairman Alan Greenspan at the Annual
Dinner and Francis Boyer Lecture of The American
Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research,
Washington, D.C.},
urldate = {2013-06-20}}
\end{filecontents}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{csquotes}
\usepackage[backend=biber]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{\jobname.bib}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\begin{document}
I read: \cite{greenspan1996}.
\printbibliography
\end{document}
bibtex
unless you have some specific citation/bibliography style (APA, MLA etc.) that specifies what needs to be present etc. See: Citing a speech in APA. For a one-off use, you can use themisc
entry type, but for works involving lots of speeches, a more nuanced approach might be necessary. See, for example Creating Entry in Bibtex for Executive Orders which shows how to create and use a custom entry. – Alan Munn Jun 20 '13 at 15:36biblatex
the most appropriate entry type isonline
, in my opinion. But if the citation is referred to the speech,misc
is probably better. – karlkoeller Jun 20 '13 at 15:41