​​​​LaTeX\LaTeX​ Project Management
​​by Henrison Hsieh and Amy Bruno
​​
​​Here are the files that we made during the (original) session:
​​https://www.dropbox.com/sh/esc5aplig6u9xrf/AABmUj0FkSNEnQnMD0EMOHw2a?dl=0
​​Enterprising souls can take a look at my (Henrison’s) files here: https://github.com/henrison/custom-tex

​​Reference Management

  • ​​Refresher: LaTeX lets you concentrate on the content and not worry (too much) about the formatting
  • ​​The same idea applies to your bibliography
  • ​​Specify the complete information for all your references once
  • ​​Then use that information repeatedly anywhere in your document

​​Creating your bibliography

  • ​​2 ways:
  • ​​In the .tex​ file with your text (not recommended)
  • ​​In a separate .bib​ (BibTeX) file (recommended)
​​
​​BibTeX files contain entries
​​@ARTICLE{chomsky1959,
​​  author = {Noam Chomsky},
​​  title = {On Certain Formal Properties of Grammars},
​​  journal = {Information and Control},
​​  year = {1959},
​​  volume = {2},
​​  pages = {137--167},
​​}
  • ​​Entry type: @ARTICLE​ 
  • ​​Other common ones include @book​ and @inproceedings​ 
  • ​​Not case sensitive
  • ​​Citekey: chomsky1959​ 
  • ​​Anything you want, as long as it is unique to a reference in a particular BibTeX file
  • ​​This is what you will use to cite this reference in your document
  • ​​Fields: title = {On Certain Formal Properties of Grammars},​ 
  • ​​fieldname = {content},​ 
  • ​​Different entry types have different required and compatible fields!
  • ​​Note: --​  creates an en-dash “–”, which is longer than a hyphen “-”

​​Citing your bibliography

  • ​​\usepackage{natbib}​ 
  • ​​Option authoryear​ gives you the “Chomsky (1959)” citation style
  • ​​Specify the location of your .bib​ file: \bibliography{myreferences}​ 
  • ​​No need to have .bib​ in the command
  • ​​.bib​ file can be in a different place! \bibliography{../../LaTeXStorage/myreferences}​ 
  • ​​Put this command wherever you want the bibliography to show up in your document (usually the end)
  • ​​Specify a bibliography style: \bibliographystyle{chicagoa}​ 
  • ​​The natbib​ documentation should have a list of some of the default available ones
  • ​​Cite: \citet{chomsky1959}​ = “Chomsky (1959)”
  • ​​natbib​ has a number of different ways of citing
  • ​​\citep{chomsky1959}​  = “(Chomsky 1959)”
  • ​​\citealt{chomsky1959}​  = “Chomsky 1959”
  • ​​You can also have several citekeys in one command: \citep{chomsky1959,ref2}​ 
  • ​​See the documentation for more!