How to cite a multi-volume book of collected works with BibTeX?

Question

I would like to cite a particular volume within a multi-volume book that is the collected works of some author.

The collected works were edited by an editor. I am using a custom .bst file that I created via

latex makebst

What would be the correct BibTeX entry? Note that I am forced to use BibTeX only and unfortunately cannot resort to biblatex or the like.

Answer 1

Consider to use biblatex. Here's how an entry of your desired type looks like with biblatex (taken from biblatex-examples.bib):

@book{coleridge,
  hyphenation = {british},
  author = {Coleridge, Samuel Taylor},
  editor = {Coburn, Kathleen and Engell, James and Bate, W. Jackson},
  indextitle = {Biographia literaria},
  title = {Biographia literaria, or Biographical sketches of my literary life
    and opinions},
  shorttitle = {Biographia literaria},
  maintitle = {The collected works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge},
  part = {2},
  volume = {7},
  series = {Bollingen Series},
  number = {75},
  publisher = {Routledge and Kegan Paul},
  location = {London},
  date = {1983},
  annotation = {One (partial) volume of a multivolume book. This is a
    \texttt{book} entry with a \texttt{volume} and a \texttt{part} field
    which explicitly refers to the second (physical) part of the seventh
    (logical) volume. Also note the \texttt{series} and \texttt{number}
    fields}
}

Compilable example:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{biblatex}

\addbibresource{biblatex-examples.bib}

\begin{document}

\nocite{coleridge}

\printbibliography

\end{document}