Citing a speech in BibTex

Question

I would like to cite Alan Greenspan's speech from 1996. What should the appropriate bibtex entry look like?

Answer 1

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}