For a project I am working on, I use manuscript type of reference works that I would like to cite and include in the bibliography.
Though these manuscripts have an editor and year of publication, it is customary to cite them by the title of the manuscript, and list them under that title in the bibliography as well. This is more meaningful for readers.
I was initially using natbib, and here the @misc entry type and key entry field solved it for me. For example:
@misc{CSPD16991700,
title = {{Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William III, 1699 - 1700}},
editor = {{Edward Bateson}},
key = {{CSPD 1699-1700}},
year = 1937
}
In the text, I would see something like
(CSPD 1699-1700, pp. 13-25)
which is more meaningful than
(Bateson (1937), pp. 13-35)
I migrated recently to biblatex, but now this construction does not work anymore.
I can use the \citetitle, and add a shorttitle in the entry to achieve the proper citation, but the work is still added in the bibliography under the editor, and not under the title.
What is a robust and acceptable solution for this using biblatex? Thank you in advance for suggestions I can look into.
biber
as the engine and then add the following field:options = {useeditor=false}
to the entries in question. See §.3.1.3.1 of the manual for more information.shorthand
field:shorthand= {CSPD 1699-1700}
. Please note that your editor field should readeditor = {Edward Bateson}
instead ofeditor = {{Edward Bateson}}
to avoid treating the name "Edward Bateson" as a unit like "NASA" or "European Commission".shorthand
andoptions
entries did the trick indeed (I already usedbiber
as engine). I also changed the type toreference
being clearer and more specific thanmisc
. I have added the solution that worked for my to my initial question.