BibTeX and Bibdesk for Beginners

BibTEX andBibdesk forBeginners

John Burt

BibliographiesBibliographyDatabasesLATEX commands forBibliographiesBiblatex and Biber

Intro toBibdesk

Bibdesk as aBibliographyManagerExport to OtherFormatsBrandeis OneSearch(Books)

BibDesk as aResearch Tool

Google ScholarJSTOREBSCO DatabasesUsing the Library ofCongress

BibTEX and Bibdesk for Beginners

John [email protected]

Brandeis UniversityOctober 4, 2018

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Bibliography Workflow

1 Prepare a .bib databaseBibTEX or biber will select entries for works you cite inyour text, and format them according to the format youchoose.

2 Mark inline citations in main textSome bibliographic styles require a style file in thepreamble too

3 Run LATEX to generate an .aux file4 Run BibTEX to generate a .bbl file (sorted formatted

bibliography)5 Run LATEX twice more to input bibliography and

complete cross references

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The .bib Database

@book{Ahlstrom1972,

author = {Ahlstrom, Sydney E.},

title = {A Religious History of the

American People},

address = {New Haven},

publisher = {Yale University Press},

year = 1972,

}

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A more complex .bib entry

@inCollection{Brandwood1992,

author = {Brandwood, Leonard},

title = {Stylometry and Chronology},

booktitle = {The Cambridge

Companion to Plato},

address = {New York},

publisher = {Cambridge University Press},

year = 1992,

crossref = {Kraut1992},

}

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Using a Bibliography

for the preamble:\usepackage{chicago}

inline citation in the body:\cite{Ahlstrom1972}

no inline citation in the body:\nocite{Ahlstrom1972}

Other cite forms: \citep, \citeyear etc.

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Printing the Bibliography

To put where you wish the bibliography to appear:specify the style:\bibliographystyle{chicago}

select cited entries from lincoln.bib and typeset themhere:\bibliography{lincoln}

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Using Biblatex and Biber

Advantages of Biblatex and BiberEasier to CustomizeWritten in LATEX not bstCan add new fieldsMultiple bibliographies with different sorting

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Using Biblatex and Biber

in the preamble\usepackage[american]{babel}

\usepackage[autostyle]{csquotes}

\usepackage[backend=biber,style=mla-new]{biblatex}

\addbibresource{lincoln.bib}

at the end\printbibliography

style=mla-new is for MLA8. For MLA7 use style=mla

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Using Biblatex and Biber (2)

in TeXShop: Set BiBTeX engine to Biber underPreferences/Enginesfor “recode data.xml not found” errorGo to terminal, issue:rm -rf ‘biber --cache‘

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Bibdesk as a Bibliography Manager

Main Screen: Notice the cite key problemClick on a line to bring up a formSimple formatted version in bottom pane for cut andpaste

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Bibdesk as a Bibliography Manager (2)

Abstract, Annotationhyperlink, Attached .pdf, Skim NotesAutofile, File Content Search, Regular Expressions

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Export to other formats

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Export to Other Formats (2)

You may not want to include annotation and abstractfields in printed bibUse “Minimal BibTex” Export Filter for this

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Export to other Formats (3)

Cut and paste or drag a formatted entry from thepreview pageHighlight a line from the library pane, then drag citestyle from cite drawerThen use an applescript from the scripts window toprocess the citationScripts for Word, Pages, RTF, Lyx, and many others

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Brandeis OneSearch

Show Actions

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Brandeis OneSearch (2)

Export Single Item to BibTeX

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Multiple items: Pin your choices

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Call up “Favorites” and select

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“Push to” and Export to BibTeX

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Select encoding and download

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Import directly into BibTeX (but fix the cite keys)

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Extracting Info from Google Scholar

Detects all the citations on the page!

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Extracting Info from Google Scholar (2)

Select BibTeX in Settings

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Extracting Info from Google Scholar(3)

Excellently formed but rather bare entry

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Extracting Info from JSTOR

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Extracting Info from JSTOR (2)

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Notice the poor automatic cite key generation in JSTOR!Fix by using Autogenerate cite keys

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Lots of other info! Keywords, Abstracts, etc.As well as a link to the article on line.Drop a pdf in the right window to file

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EBSCO Databases

MLA Index: Select items to folder

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EBSCO Databases (2)

Open the folder and select downloads

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EBSCO Databases (3)

Export to BibTeX

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EBSCO Databases (4)

Import into Bibdesk (and fix the cite keys)

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Web of Science

Boolean Search

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Web of Science (2)

Save to Other File Format (BibTeX)

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Web of Science (3)

Send to File (BibTeX)

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Web of Science (4)

BibDesk parses it all

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Library of Congress Interface

Notice the poor cite keys

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Library of Congress Record

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Library of Congress Issues

Beware the annotation pane (inadvertent LATEX controls)But note the extra bibliographic information link on the rightClick on it, and cut and paste into your form

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For further help

Bibdesk sourceforge page:http://bibdesk.sourceforge.net

Bibdesk wiki: http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/bibdesk/index.php?title=Main Page

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