Understanding Citation In Bibtex Format
BibTex entries of different types have different fields. There are three types of fields:
- required You must provide information for these fields.
- optional The fields’ information will be used if present.
- ignored BibTeX ignores any other fields. This means you can include anything you want in the BibTeX entry without worrying about messing up the reference section.
BibTeX fileds
Here are some fields that need explaination.
edition
The edition of a book (e.g., “Second”)
institution
Instituition sponsoring a technical report
number
a technical report normally has a number; and sometimes books in a named series carry numbers. (e.g.,
)
volumne
The volumn of a journal or multivolumn book. (e.g.,
)
organization
The orgnization that sponsors a conference.
year
The year of publication or, for an unpublished work, the year it was written.
BibTeX entry types
Here are some common entry types.
article
An article from a journal or magazine.
inproceedings
An article in a conference proceedings.
conference
The same as INPROCEEDINGS.
misc
Use this type when nothing else fits. Usually used for url of a webpage.
techreport
A report published by a school or other institution.
unpublished
A document that hasn’t been formally published.
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