Torsdag 21. april 2005 19:01 skreiv Steve Litt:
> Wow -- I'm really in the dark here, having never published a thesis. I
> downloaded a shellscript called tkbibtext, and it appears to (sort of)
> work. I was able to save a .bib file with real information.
>
> Now I have some questions...
>
> What is a site key, and what should I put in there? A number? A letter? A
> string? I assume it needs to be unique.
You mean cite key ?
It can be anything covered by plain ASCII but i suggest you use something you
remember easily like AuthorYear (e.g. LITT2005).
> Should the author be Lastname, Firstname MiddleInitial?
The best way is Firstname MiddleInitial Lastname and Firstname2
MiddleInitial2 Lastname2 and Firstname3 MiddleInitial3 Lastname3. bibtex
will handle the rest. however if the lastname is compound name such as Von
Braun, use curly braces {Von Braun}. I put and between all authors as this
makes it easier for BibTeX to discern the different authors.
> Is the year the year copyrighted?
In most cases yes. May be difficult with websites :).
> Why is there no provision to state a page number or chapter number?
Usually you do this with text after when you insert the citation. This way you
can use different excerpts from the same book with the same reference.
However, entry types such as @articles have possibilities to insert pages
{234-5} and @Incollection or @inbook can take chapter{} etc.
A good bibtex editor will give instructions which types of fields the
different entry types support.
> If it's a website, what reference type do I use. tkbibtex has all sorts of
> reference types, but "Website" isn't one of them?
There is no website reference but you can reference to them using @book:
@book{FAO2001,
author = {FAO},
title = { State of the {W}orld's forest },
year = 2001,
publisher = { {Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations}, {R}ome },
organization = { Food and Agriculture organization of the United
Nations },
url = { http://www.fao.org/forestry/fo/sofo/sofo-e.stm }
}
You could have used @misc as well I guess :). If your bibstyle does not play
nice with url use note.
> When referencing a website, do I put its URL in the URL field?
See example above.
> What are CROSSREF, CODE, ANNOTE and ABSTRACT for, and do I need to use
> those just to give credit to the original source of the material?
As far as i know these fields are usually not used in the bibliography but
rather to help you managing a large collection of references.
> Sometimes I reference a whole book, and sometimes I reference a tiny piece
> of text out of the book (within the bounds of fair use). How do these
> differ as far as the bibiliaography?
I am not certain I understand what you mean. However, if you use @book or
@inbook the book has only one author(may be several authors actually, but
they are equal and responsible for the whole book). Use in book if you only
use a part of the book such as a chapter.
Use @Incollection if there are several authors in the book and you reference
just one part of the book.
You might find reading "Tame the BeaST" the B to X of BibTeX enlightening.
Page 11 and 13 describes the different entry types and fields.
http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/bibtex/tamethebeast/ttb_en.pdf
I hope this helps , Ingar
