On Feb 25, 2010, at 14:10, Rasika Dayarathna wrote: > Hello, > > I have been using BibDesk for sometime. I faced a big problem when I > started referencing URLs. > > Could anyone please tell what the differences are between reference > types of URL, mis, Web page, and electronic. and What is the best > method to reference URLs? > > regards
The difference is that they have different required and optional fields. You can see the fields for a type from the Default Fields preferences (Custom BibTeX Types And Fields). What's best cannot be answered in general, it depends on how you use BibDesk. For instance, are you using it with bibtex, and if so are you (willing to) using non-standard bibtex styles? Assuming you use bibtex. Of the types you mention (I assume that with "mis" you mean "misc"), only "misc" is a standard bibtex type. All others are custom though they may be used by some known bibtex styles (though I don't know which). On the other hand, of those types also only "webpage" has a Url field (as required field). So that seems to be the most appropriate if you are willing to use a non-standard bibtex style. It also means that none of the standard bibtex types (and therefore standard bibtex styles) support URLs. Christiaan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
