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I've almost figured out how to cite a multi-volume book (as per my other question). I've separated it into 3 entities - and then used Set to put it into bibliography.

@Book{Boncompagni_2_vol,
  author="Boncompagni, Baldassarre",
  title="Scritti di Leonardo Pisano matematico del secolo decimoterzo.",
  address="Roma", 
  publisher="Tipografia delle scienze matematiche e fisiche",
  date={1857/1862},
  volumes = {2},
  note="(in Lat.)"
}
@Book{Boncompagni_vol_1,
  volume = {I},
  title="Leonardi Pisani, Liber Abbaci = Il Liber Abbaci di Leonardo Pisano.",
  date={1857},
  pagetotal={459},
}
@Book{Boncompagni_vol_2,
  volume={II},
  title= "Leonardi Pisani Practica geometriae ed opuscoli = La Practica Geometriae di Leonardo Pisano; Opuscoli di Leonardo Pisano.",
  date={1862},
  pagetotal={283},
}

@Set{Boncompagni_collection,
  entryset={Boncompagni_2_vol, Boncompagni_vol_1, Boncompagni_vol_2},
}

However, the problem is that now I have 4 references showing up - 3 originals and 1 set. I've used the \nocite{*} to always show all references.

Is there a way to hide only 3 of those references while printing everything else?

EDIT: Well it seems that by using @Set I automatically get all the individual entries hidden. So this question itself is wrong. But it still applies if the @Set is not present.

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  • I suppose that the conventions are probably different in your field, but in the social sciences where I work, I think most people(/editors/journals) would prefer that volumes published separately and in separate years be referenced to separate entries in the bibliography (somewhat similarly to how articles by different authors compiled into a book are cited -- one entry per article that you reference, no entry for the book as a whole). "Make sure this is what you want" is my message, I guess.
    – Aaron
    Apr 26, 2011 at 2:20

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Aussuming that you are using the biblatex package there are several ways of hiding entries in the bibliography:

  • To exclude a certain entry just use options = {skipbib=true}

    @Book{Boncompagni_2_vol,
author="Boncompagni, Baldassarre",
title="Scritti di Leonardo Pisano matematico del secolo decimoterzo.",
address="Roma", 
publisher="Tipografia delle scienze matematiche e fisiche",
date={1857/1862},
volumes = {2},
note="(in Lat.)",
options = {skipbib=true}
}

  • You can also hide certain types of entries using specifying nottype or type in \printbibliography

    \printbibliography[nottype=online,title={Printed Sources}] % shows all entries excluding @online
\printbibliography[type=online,title={Online Sources}] % shows only @online entries

There are many other ways biblatex can display bibliography entries. To see more examples have a look at http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/biblatex/doc/examples/

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  • Thanks. How do I indicate that the type is "online"?
    – Andriy Drozdyuk
    Apr 26, 2011 at 18:26
  • By using the actual @online type. Of course, you shouldn't change @book to @online to achieve that. You could do something similar with book or set types.
    – Mikael Öhman
    Apr 26, 2011 at 19:13
  • @drozzy This was just an example for the usage of type. In your example you should write \printbibliography[type=book] if you only want to display entries of the @book type. The @online type I mentioned above is just another type biblatex supports. It is used for online ressources. There is a list of all entry types in the biblatex manual from page 6 on.
    – Thorsten
    Apr 27, 2011 at 6:59
  • You know what's weird? When I use @Set - the Set itself shows up - but others do not. I didn't even need to use any of your suggestions... I just never noticed that @Set hides the individual entries. Does that seem right?
    – Andriy Drozdyuk
    Apr 27, 2011 at 12:53
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    Yes, if an entry is a set member and the set is cited, then it's not listed as a stand-alone entry. This applies only within a refsection and the behaviour is reset between refsections. See the biblatex manual 3.10.5.
    – PLK
    Apr 27, 2011 at 16:06
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You can include the field options = {skipbib=true}, for the entries you don't want printed.

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