I would like to cite Alan Greenspan's speech from 1996. What should the appropriate bibtex entry look like?
1 Answer
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.biblatex
the most appropriate entry type isonline
, in my opinion. But if the citation is referred to the speech,misc
is probably better.