Steve Litt wrote:
> What is a site key, and what should I put in there? A number? A letter? A
cite ???
Actually, there is actually a semi-standard (not widely used though -- but I
like it), which is in $TEXMF/doc/bibtex/base/bibshare.
> Should the author be Lastname, Firstname MiddleInitial?
Doesn't have to ($TEXMF/doc/bibtex/base/btxdoc.*), but it seems to be the
most robust if you want to export to non-BibTeX databases.
> Why is there no provision to state a page number or chapter number?
page and chapter record.
> 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?
>
> When referencing a website, do I put its URL in the URL field?
natbib supports record url, so for example I have this in my dbase:
@misc{abreu:ESR-2001,
author = {Dilip Abreu and Rajiv Sethi},
title = {Evolutionary Stability in a Reputational Model of
Bargaining},
institution = {Princeton University and Barnard College, Columbia
University},
url = {http://ssrn.com/abstract=260652},
}
> 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?
see $TEXMF/doc/bibtex/base/btxdoc.*
@incollection{coase:PSC-1960,
author = {Ronald H. Coase},
title = {The Problem of Social Cost},
pages = {95--156},
note = {First published in \emph{Journal of Law and Economics}
3:1-44.},
crossref = {coase:FML-1998},
}
@book{coase:FML-1998,
publisher = pub-ucp,
year = {1998},
author = {Ronald H. Coase},
address = addr-chi,
booktitle = {The Firm, the Market, and the Law},
}
> 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?
see @incollection.
Matěj
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