I am using Xelatex for several years. But I never understood, how to make a bibliography with Latex. {thebibliography} works great for me, because it was easy to get my own style. Now I have such a quantity of references, that I need to use Biblatex? Biber? I am confused, what to do now. So, how do I start to use Latex possibilities and at the same time keep up the style I am used to.
I can produce an .bib file, but what should be written in the preamble, so that it looks as if nothing has changed.
I am thankfully for every hint...
\documentclass[12pt,headsepline,pagesize=auto,ngerman,greek,hebrew,english,russian,latin,bibliography=totocnumbered,twoside]{scrreprt}\usepackage[a4paper,left=2.25cm, right=2.5cm,top=2.75cm,bottom=2.25cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{blindtext}
\usepackage{cite}
\renewcommand{\citeleft}{}
\renewcommand{\citeright}{.}
\renewcommand{\thefootnote}{\arabic{footnote}}
\deffootnote{2em}{2.5em}{\makebox[2em][l]{\textsuperscript{\thefootnotemark}}}
\let\footnoteold=\footnote\renewcommand{\footnote}[1]{\renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{1.0}\footnoteold{#1}}
\raggedbottom
\newcommand{\enquote}[1]{»#1«}
\begin{document}
Book\footnote{Vgl. \cite[123]{serresparasit}}
Article\footnote{Vgl. \cite[123]{Steiger}}
Article in a Book\footnote{Vgl. \cite[123]{rationalclowns}}
Internet\footnote{Vgl. \cite[123]{meeksaufsatz}}
\begin{thebibliography}{99}
\itemindent -1cm
\leftmargin 1.25cm
\makeatletter
\renewcommand\@biblabel[1]{}
\makeatother
\providecommand{\natexlab}[1]{#1}
\providecommand{\url}[1]{\texttt{#1}}
\providecommand{\urlprefix}{URL }
\expandafter\ifx\csname urlstyle\endcsname\relax
\providecommand{\doi}[1]{doi:\discretionary{}{}{}#1}\else
\providecommand{\doi}{doi:\discretionary{}{}{}\begingroup
\urlstyle{rm}\Url}\fi \providecommand{\eprint}[2][]{\url{#2}}
\parskip 0pt minus 2pt
%\bibitem[{\textsc{}: \textit{} ()}]{}
%\textsc{} [] \textit{},
% : .
%bibfindex&&&
%\bibitem[{\textsc{}: \textit{} (1986)}]{}
%\textsc{} [] \enquote{},
% S.\,in:
% (Hg.), \textit{},
% : .
\bibitem[{\textsc{Serres}: \textit{Der Parasit} (2014)}]{serresparasit}
\textsc{Serres, Michel} [2014] \textit{Der Parasit}, Suhrkamp: Frankfurt am Main.
\bibitem[{\textsc{Meeks}: \textit{Economy of Grace and the Market Logic} (2004)}]{meeksaufsatz}
\textsc{Meeks, M. Douglas} [2004] \enquote{The Economy of Grace and the Market Logic},
abgerufen am 13.12.2016 unter \url{http://www.councilofchurches.ca/xxx.pdf}.
\bibitem[{\textsc{Sen}: \textit{Rationalclowns} (2014)}]{rationalclowns}
\textsc{Sen, Amartya K.} [2014] \enquote{Rationalclown: Eine Kritik der behavioristischen grundlagen der Wirtschaftstheorie},
S.\,438--469 in: Honneth, Axel; Herzog, Lisa (Hgg.), \textit{Der Wert des Marktes: Ein ökonomisch-philosophischer Diskurs vom 18.\,Jahrhundert bis zur Gegenwart}, Suhrkamp: Berlin.
\bibitem[{\textsc{Steiger}: \textit{Communicatio Idiomatum} (1996)}]{Steiger}
\textsc{Steiger, Johann Anselm} [1996] \enquote{Die communicatio idiomatum als Achse und Motor der Theologie Luthers},
S.\,1--28 in: \textit{NZSTh 38}.
\end{thebibliography}
\end{document}
I produced a minimal example. How do I define my own style? Is it possible to describe the appearance of the entries as I did it before, or do I have to adjust an existing format.
%jobname NICHT ersetzen
\begin{filecontents}{\jobname.bib}
@webpage{meeksaufsatz,
Author = {Douglas M. Meeks},
Lastchecked = {13.12.2016},
Title = {The Economy of Grace and the Market Logic},
Url = {councilofchurches.ca},
Year = {2004},
shorttitle = {Economy of Grace}}
@incollection{rationalclowns,
Address = {Berlin},
Author = {Amartya K. Sen},
Booktitle = {Der Wert des Marktes: Ein {\"o}konomisch-philosophischer Diskurs vom 18.\,Jahrhundert bis zur Gegenwart},
Date-Added = {2017-08-09 09:08:10 +0000},
Date-Modified = {2017-08-09 09:11:12 +0000},
Editor = {Axel Honneth, Lisa Herzog,},
Pages = {438-469},
Publisher = {Suhrkamp},
Title = {Rationalclown: Eine Kritik der behavioristischen grundlagen der Wirtschaftstheorie},
Year = {2014},
shorttitle = {Rationalclowns}}
@book{serresparasit,
Address = {Frankfurt am Main},
Author = {Michael Serres},
Publisher = {Suhrkamp},
Title = {Der Parasit},
Year = {2014},
shorttitle = {Parasit}}
@article{Steiger,
Author = {Johann Anselm Steiger},
Journal = {NZSTh},
Pages = {1-28},
Title = {Die communicatio idiomatum als Achse und Motor der Theologie Luthers},
Volume = {38},
Year = {1996},
shorttitle = {Communication Idiomatum}}
}
\end{filecontents}
\documentclass[12pt,headsepline,pagesize=auto,ngerman,greek,hebrew,english,russian,latin,bibliography=totocnumbered,twoside]{scrreprt}\usepackage[a4paper,left=2.25cm, right=2.5cm,top=2.75cm,bottom=2.25cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{blindtext}
\renewcommand{\thefootnote}{\arabic{footnote}}
\deffootnote{2em}{2.5em}{\makebox[2em][l]{\textsuperscript{\thefootnotemark}}}
\let\footnoteold=\footnote\renewcommand{\footnote}[1]{\renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{1.0}\footnoteold{#1}}
\raggedbottom
\usepackage[backend=biber,
citestyle=authoryear]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{\jobname.bib}
\begin{document}
Book\footnote{Vgl. \cite[123]{serresparasit}}
Article\footnote{Vgl. \cite[123]{Steiger}}
%
Article in a Book\footnote{Vgl. \cite[123]{rationalclowns}}
%
Internet\footnote{Vgl. \cite[123]{meeksaufsatz}}
%\bibitem[{\textsc{}: \textit{} ()}]{}
%\textsc{} [] \textit{},
% : .
%bibfindex&&&
%\bibitem[{\textsc{}: \textit{} (1986)}]{}
%\textsc{} [] \enquote{},
% S.\,in: \textit{}.
\printbibliography
\end{document}
