Questions tagged [bibtex]
{bibtex} is specifically about Oren Patashnik's BibTeX program, its .bst style file and .bib database file formats, and use of these in creating documents. For general questions about bibliographies and citations, use {bibliographies} instead.
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How to change sepator in zotero BetterBibTex
Zotero extension BetterBibTex use the following citekey format on its configuration
shorttitle(3,3) + auth + year
the format of citekey is separated by lower camelCase
titleAuthorYear
How can I ...
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How to reference a paper submitted for publication using the following format
I am trying to figure out how to reference a paper that has been submitted for publication using the following required format (consider this example):
[1] Author 1, Author 2, and Author 3, "...
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Descending order with compress option of the cite package
I'm loading the cite package for my project. Is there any simple way to change the order of numbers within the compressed version of the citaions in the output?
The default behaivior of the cite ...
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Avoid redundant author and title in consequent citation
I have different bibliographic entry for the same work of an author edited different times.
Using \cite for these entries I need to avoid redundant author name and title, replacing them with a line &...
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How to reference and cite corporate authors with acronymised names?
I'm referencing the following tech report by the "New South Wales Environmental Protection Agency" which is a long corporate author name that I'd like to acronymise in my text. The suitable ...
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Remove middle initials in bibtex
I would like to modify my bst file (essentially it is the alpha.bst file) so that the middle initials of the authors are not printed. The function format.names looks like this in my bst file:
FUNCTION ...
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Printing Different bibliographies with Different bib files in book class using biblatex
How to print different bibliographies with Different bib files in book class? Here is sample outline.
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage[backend=bibtex]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{file1.bib}
\...
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directory package : Using both directory and bibliography
I would like to generate a document that contains both an address book and bibliography (each as a chapter) using the directory package.
I tried unsuccessfully to follow what's indicate here
Can ...
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Conversion of inline citations from MS Word to BibLaTeX
This answer explains, referring to this article, how to export a bibliography from MS Word to a .bib file. The script has been slightly improved here. However, this script does not do much to convert ...
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Citing with a shortened version of the author name
I have a paper where some of my citations are organizations with unwieldy, long names. e.g. I have a bibtex entry:
@unpublished{CAQH2013,
title={2013 U.S. Healthcare Efficiency Index: Electronic ...
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IEEE references
Writing an IEEE paper using bibtex.
Wondering if it is possible to include a small quote from the source in the bibliography itself.
The issue is that some refs are informal – blogs, even comments on ...
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Change formatting/structure of .bib file?
I have custom .bst file which I must use. However, for the citations to work correctly, my .bib file entry for website for example needs to look like this:
@misc{web_page,
author = "LLC",
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Italics in book title (Solved) [closed]
I'm trying to change the bibliography style of my document using natbib and bibtex, but none of the styles display italics in book titles. For example, dinat uses italics for them according to the ...
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A field is missing in reference
I cannot figure out what is the problem with my bibitem:
@article{wraith1974,
author = {Wraith, G.},
title = {Artin Glueing},
year = {1974},
journal = {Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra},
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Year not showing up in bibliography
I want to cite as defined in this link. However, if I paste in my bib file what the kink contains,
@article{planning2010concept,
title={Concept of Operations for the Next Generation Air ...
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Citation and Bib not showing up in PDF - Texmaker/MikTex
My references aren't showing up at all when I try to complile my PDF. I've already compiled in the following manner
pdflatex file.tex && bibtex file.aux && pdflatex file.tex && ...
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How to order citations?
Assume I have cited a certain article first, but then recite it later as follows
This work \cite{citation1} and that research \cite{citation2,citation1,citation3}
Using
\bibliographystyle{unsrt}
\...
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A text string "pages" is added after each citation in the bibliography section
I'm facing the following problem with the bibliography output format: after each citation, a text string "pages" is added (see picture)
Do you suspect what could be wrong?
I solved the ...
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Should you use a single .bib file to generate various bibliographies?
I'm just getting comfortable with BibTex, and I have a question about best practices. It goes like this:
Say I'm teaching a course. I give out an introductory handout at the beginning of the course, ...
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IEEE Bibtex doesn't match
I am trying to cite the following IEEE article. The plain text version is exactly as I want it to look. However, copying the BibTex citation and using in Latex produces a very different look.
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Bibliography style not working in biblist
I want a bibliography style which is numbered, and I need to create the bibliography using biblist, however the style of the list always seems to be in bibliography style alpha, even though I set it ...
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Two authors having the same lastname in the same BIB entry
I have two authors having the same lastname (because they are spouses) like this:
@BOOK{something,
author = {Pierre Curie and Marie Curie},
title = {Some shared publication},
}
So, I can ...
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How do I know, whether I need to run BibTeX or not?
If I have an unknown *.tex file and want to know, whether I need to run BiBTeX afterwards or not, what is the simplest way to find out in a script?
Consider this file:
\documentclass{article}
\begin{...
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How do I use multiple bib files with TexStudio?
My project uses multiple bib files: a.bib and b.bib. In order to compile the document, I need to pdflatex first, then bibtex on the aux files generated from those two individual bib files, and then ...
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How do I use biblatex data model with bibtex backend?
To add support for both ISBN-10 and ISBN-13 in the bib entries, I borrowed the code-snippet from here, but used bibtex as the backend. But, that does not seem to work, while it works fine with biber ...
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Problems in setting texmaker to compile bibliography [duplicate]
I'm currently having problems making a bibliography with texmaker.
First of all I have installed both biber and texlive-bibtex-extra and I'm using texmaker 5.1.2 as an interface in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
I ...
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Multibib, Bibliographies with different styles
I am using TexShop on macOS.
This is an MWE :
% !TEX TS-program = pdflatexmk
\documentclass{report}
\usepackage[french]{babel}
\frenchbsetup{StandardLists=true}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\...
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BibLaTeX - addbibresource not working
I am using a self-hosted instance of Overleaf/ShareLaTeX, and I cannot get BibLaTeX to work. My preamble looks like this:
\documentclass{report}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[margin=1in]{...
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Problem citing sources from references.tex
I am currently trying to format my thesis using Overleaf. I have attached a photo of my screen, which gives you a sense of how I have things set up. I have a file called references.tex. I am ...
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Mix multiple citation styles in Latex
to make it clear my question in bullet points.
The goal:
I am using a citation style that has the type: [5]
If references are placed at the beginning of a sentence I want to write the Name of the ...
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Some citations from my (Mendeley exported) bibtex library do not work
I work with a bibtex library that I exported from Mendeley.
It all works well, except for some of the citations and I can't figure out why. These citations are simply not recognised in the main ...
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Trying to get a bibtex entry programmatically with correct month entry
I am writing a script in order to automate the addition of new bib entries in my bibliography database. In order to achieve that I use the command:
curl -LH "Accept: application/x-bibtex" ...
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Reorder bibtex elements in a .bst file
I'm writing my master's thesis and I came into trouble with bibliography since any bibliography style do not respond to my needs.
I would like this type of elements order:
P. Lopes, M. A. Silva, A. ...
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Citations showing wrong
I'm writing a paper and when citing sources I get the following:
this is the code for that result:
\documentclass[11pt, a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[dutch]{babel}
\usepackage[hyphens]{url}
\...
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How to add a license (Creative commons) to a bibtex entry?
I'm writing a paper where I use some data that's available under a creative commons licence (CC-BY).
I'm not only citing a finding, but I'm plotting this data, doing analysis with it and thus adapting ...
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How to cite "revised" edition in bibtex?
How can I cite a book with a "Revised edition" instead of the common Xth edition format?
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Remove square brackets around citations without using a package
I would like to remove the square brackets around citations, without using any package (like natbib). How can this be done? Here is an almost minimal WE with square brackets:
\documentclass[12pt]{book}...
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\BibUrl based on \url command refuse take % symbol
Can't figure out why \BibUrl command refuse take % symbol while \url does it. After all \BibUrl just call \url.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\begin{document}
\url{https://ru....
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"Invalid UTF-8 byte sequence" with Springer LNCS bst (splncs04)
My co-authors are using Overleaf to prepare a manuscript using the Springer LNCS style (version 2.21). The bibliography entries contain names with various non-ASCII letters, such as the dotted G (Ġ), ...
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Zotero/Betterbibtex: Isnt there any easy way to copy the info you need for the .bib file?
So im using overleaf and im trying to get Zotero to work with that. I installed the betterbibtex add-on and im trying to get this kind of code
@book{Strategie2030Vermogen2005,
title = {{Strategie ...
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How to specify the number of citation
I was working in rapport using latex, and lately start using beamer in my presentation and I add some references of latex and I want them to be the same number.
[56] www.sqlservertutorial.net. What is ...
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Problem with bibtex compilation on VS code
Sorry for my english it's not my native language. I begin to write paper with latex and I try to write with VS Code.
But when I compil my project I have these errors:
[{
"resource": "/...
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How to make the references appear in order in LaTeX?
I have a well-known problem in LaTeX, even though my case seems to be a little bit special. I've tried all the possible solutions suggested at "StackExchange" and elsewhere but I didn't ...
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Include institution in citation
Currently, when I use \cite{sak2017neuralaligner}, it shows [Sak et al., 2017].
However, I want to add the institution (affiliation, organization, company, working group, research institute; if ...
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BibTex and capitalized letters
I am writing my PhD thesis and stumbled over a small issue with my citations. I am using TexMaker to write my thesis. I am using Citavi to orgnaize my .bib file and in there, the titles are correct in ...
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BiBTex - Multiple bib files --> references do not appear
I am writing a document and I need to use many bibliography .bib files with it. Even though I include them at the bottom of my document, the bibliography still doesn't load. I am using Overleaf.
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Error overfull \hbox when ending document \end{document}. Linked to BibTex use in Overleaf, maybe
Using the following document:
\usepackage[backend=biber, style=nature]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{References.bib}
\title{IIB Project: Roadmap to Zero Emissions in a Cambridge College}
\author{...
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BibTex Bibiography: Referencing web resources
I inserted a BibTeX bibiography from JabRef to my LyX document.I need to cite a web resource.
In JabRef, I tried to insert the web reference manually as below.
@Electronic{iecwhitepaper,
note ...
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Some misc-type references have commas after URL string while others do not
I am reviewing citations in my thesis, and I noticed something really odd.
Citation [7] is generated from:
@misc{apriori-python,
title = {apriori-python},
howpublished = {\url{https://pypi....
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Position footcite lower on slide in beamer
I'm having a problem with one of my citations. I have a footnote on a slide, but I want to push it further down on the slide so that I can make room for my TikZ figure. What can I do to move the ...
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