In biblatex
, as far as I can see, there is only the possibility to have a book or other similar item (leaving aside articles because they are handled differently) in a single series.
I have a book that is counted in two different publication series.
Here is a MWE for that book:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{filecontents}
\begin{filecontents}{jobname.bib}
@book{Liverani2005:Barkat,
title = {Aghram Nadharif},
subtitle = {The Barkat Oasis (Sha'abiya of Ghat, Lybian Sahara) in Garamantian Times},
editor = {Liverani, Mario},
location = {Firenze},
publisher = {All'insegna del giglio},
date = {2005},
series = {Arid zone archaeology monographs},
number = {5},
series = {Archaeology of Libyan Sahara},
number = {2},
isbn = {9788878144712},
}
\end{filecontents}
\usepackage[style=authoryear,isbn=false,backend=biber]{biblatex}
\bibliography{jobname}
\begin{document}
\nocite{*}
\printbibliography
\end{document}
When you compile this as it is, only the second series is displayed in the output. I realize that since the fields share a name, biblatex/biber probably can't recognize that there should be two different series printed. The second series/number combination overwrites the first.
Is there any way such that both series can be displayed in the output? I imagine one would have to define new fields like series1, number1, series2, and number2
to make this work, but I am too inexperienced with biblatex to figure out a way to make this work.
maintitle
andvolume
instead of the "second"series
andnumber
fields. Thebiblatex
manual discusses multi-volume works in section 2.3.5.maintitle
andvolume
is not the proper solution. The question in my opinion is whether this information really must go in the bibliography. As I've said: I've seen books which are part of two series, but I've never seen one listed like that in a bibliography.