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unfill my hbox

Westringia F. — Sun, 24 May 2009 16:31:09 -0800

LaTeX/BibTeX-filter: How can I keep long citations from overruning the line when the references are by names and year (apalike)? I'm preparing a document which needs to use citations like the ones that apalike produces (but I am not married to apalike.bst specifically if another .bst'll do it), and I'm running into HELLA FRUSTRATING overfull hbox issues when I have long/multiple citations (in the text, not in the bibliography). It looks like ass: not acceptable.

I've gotten rid of the nonbreaking space (~) before the cite; I've tried compiling multiple times post-bibtex to give it a chance to sort itself out, I've tried apasoft.bst... all with the same results. It's not willing to break the line mid-reference.

Is there a way I can tell it that it's ok to break the line mid-reference?

Help.

BibTeX style for Turabian-style citations?

cmyers — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 11:30:37 -0800

I need a comprehensive BibTeX style for the Turabian format. My high school requires juniors to write their research papers with Turabian-style citations. We have a subscription to NoodleBib, which I'm using to compile my notes, but I'd like to dump it all into my BibTeX and let LaTeX worry about my citations so I don't have to.

Though there are many Chicago BibTeX styles, I've yet to find a comprehensive style for the Turabian format. I'd be grateful for any pointers the hive mind might have.

TexShop/Latex Templates for the Law

R_Nebblesworth — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:09:11 -0800

TexShop and Me: templates for law students? Pretty much what it says. Are there TexShop templates out there for law students writing law review articles, i.e. with BlueBook style formatting for bibliography entries/citation (guess I am talking about BibTex now) and such? Thanks. P.S. I am obviously a LaTex/TexShop newbie so please school me if this question don't make no sense.

Which reference management software should I use?

ChasFile — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 18:26:23 -0800

Which reference management software package should I use? What is basically the most common / de facto standard, if there is one? Is it helpful to use the standard, in terms of sharing resources? Or does it not matter so much?

What is the most useful / flexible / import-exportable? What is the most likely to not go bankrupt in 10 years after I've put in an irreproducible amount of work into building my database?

Which do you like best, and why? Which is the easiest to work with? Which integrates best with Word? Which integrates with (La)Tex/BibTex?

Is there anything else worth knowing?

(I'm on a PC, but often use Macs at work and school. I have access to EndNore, RefWorks, and of course the open source BibTex options, but am open to purchasing anything reasonably priced.)

Bibliographic reference management on the web?

dmd — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 09:55:52 -0800

Is there some "Web 2.0" (by which I mean "well designed", not "shiny and in large type for no good reason) style site or package out there for managing bibliographic references online?

Help formatting a BibTeX style file (*.bst)

EmuBite — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 11:35:18 -0800

Calling all BibTeX gurus! Can anyone help me format a BibTeX style file (*.bst)? I'm a LaTeX/BibTeX newbie. The scientific journal I work for accepts papers in MS Word and LaTeX. Over the past few weeks, I've come to love working in TeX (using TeXShop on the Mac). I'm cutting my teeth at the moment, and thanks to excellent online references I haven't had a hair-pulling moment yet (knock on silicon...!).

There is one problem I have involving BibTeX. The journal requires a certain bibliographic style that many journal authors don't follow. It's up to me to edit the References section to conform to the journal's requirements. While the journal has a custom BibTeX style file (*.bst) to ensure that references are stylized correctly, the file dates from 1993. Needless to say, the journal has updated its bibliographic requirements since then.

Here's an example of the old versus new style:

Old:

Smith, A. B., Jones, C. D., Baker, E. F, and Johnson, G. H., 2006, A pithy title for a journal article: J. of Sci. and Prog., 54, 100-150.

New:

Smith, A. B., C. D. Jones, E. F. Baker, and G. H. Johnson, 2006, A pithy title for a journal article: Journal of Science and Progress, 54, 100-150.

As you can see, the new style requires the authors' initials to appear before the last names (except for the first author -- this stays the same). We also no longer use abbreviations for journals, and the volume number (54 in this case) appears in bold type. (FYI, this is basically the Chicago Manual of Style form of citation with a few added constraints.)

For reference, here is a copy of the current BibTeX style file the journal is using (via Filecloud):

http://emubite.filecloud.com/files/file.php?user_file_id=110549

If anyone can point me in the right direction (what needs editing in the .bst file, a good Internet or print resource, etc.), I would be much obliged.

Thanks in advance for any information you can supply.

BibTeX help wanted

kenko — Sun, 02 Oct 2005 12:20:09 -0800

Any BibTeX gurus around here? I'd like recommendations for software, running on Linux, that will help me develop and manage a bibliographical database, and for BibTeX styles/packages/whatever-they're-calleds developed for with humanities, as opposed to science or math, types in mind. I'm told jurabib is good on the latter score, but it seems to be primarily developed for German law formats, with Chicago/MLA styles in development for American anglophones. And if jurabib defines new fields, or defines them differently, does that mean that software for managing bibliographies wouldn't add them right? (There is such software, yes? People don't really write them out by hand?)

Any tips & tricks greatly appreciated.