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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-buildbib.html b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-buildbib.html index 0cd0a0b1173..fbc4452a068 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-buildbib.html +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-buildbib.html @@ -10,25 +10,25 @@ be called up by citations in a document. specified in a <em>bibliography style</em>. From the style, BibTeX finds what entry types are permissible, what <em>fields</em> each entry type has, and how to format the whole entry. -<p/>The type specifies the type of document you’re making reference to; it -may run all the way from things like “<code>Book</code>” and -“<code>Proceedings</code>” (which may even contain other citations -of type “<code>InBook</code>” or “<code>InProceedings</code>”) -through dissertation styles like “<code>PhdThesis</code>” to -otherwise-uncategorisable things such as “<code>Misc</code>”. The -unique key is something you choose yourself: it’s what you use when +<p/>The type specifies the type of document you’re making reference to; it +may run all the way from things like “<code>Book</code>” and +“<code>Proceedings</code>” (which may even contain other citations +of type “<code>InBook</code>” or “<code>InProceedings</code>”) +through dissertation styles like “<code>PhdThesis</code>” to +otherwise-uncategorisable things such as “<code>Misc</code>”. The +unique key is something you choose yourself: it’s what you use when you want to <a href="FAQ-usebibtex.html">cite an entry in the file</a>. People -commonly create a key that combines the (primary) author’s name and +commonly create a key that combines the (primary) author’s name and the year of publication, possibly with a marker to distinguish publications in the same year. So, for example, the Dyson, Eddington, Davidson paper about deflection of starlight appears in my experimental <code>.bib</code> file as <code>Dyson20.1</code>. -<p/>So, noting the rules of the style, you have ‘simply’ to write a +<p/>So, noting the rules of the style, you have ‘simply’ to write a bibliography database. Fortunately, there are several tools to help in this endeavour: <ul> <li> Most of the better <a href="FAQ-editors.html">(La)TeX-oriented editors</a> - have “BibTeX modes”. + have “BibTeX modes”. <li> If you have an existing <code>thebibliography</code> environment, the <i>Perl</i> script <i>tex2bib</i> will probably help. @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ in this endeavour: task. Sadly, none seems to be available with the ordinary TeX distributions. <p/> Tools such as <i>Xbibfile</i> (a graphical user interface), - <i>ebib</i> (a database application written to run ‘inside’ + <i>ebib</i> (a database application written to run ‘inside’ <i>emacs</i>) and <i>btOOL</i> (a set of <i>perl</i> tools for building BibTeX database handlers) are available from CTAN. @@ -58,12 +58,12 @@ in this endeavour: <li> Data from on-line citation databases may often be translated to BibTeX format by utilities to be found on CTAN. For example, the <i>Perl</i> script <i>isi2bibtex</i> will - translate citations from ISI “Web of knowledge” (a + translate citations from ISI “Web of knowledge” (a subscription service, available to UK academics via BIDS). UK academics may translate BIDS downloads using <i>bids.to.bibtex</i> <li> <a href="http://scholar.google.com">Google Scholar</a> provides an - “Import into BibTeX” tab for each reference it finds for you: + “Import into BibTeX” tab for each reference it finds for you: that tab gives you a page containing a BibTeX entry for the reference. </ul> |