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Procedures for the “bibFile”. What is it. A bib file is used in LaTex , when the package BibTeX is used to develop the bibliography. The file has the suffix “.bib”.
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What is it • A bib file is used in LaTex, when the package BibTeX is used to develop the bibliography. The file has the suffix “.bib”. • LaTex and BibTeX is what is used in my research group for all documents, including journal articles, theses, reports, etc. • By using a single BibTeX file for the group we avoid re-entering citations. • Do not use your own bib file.
Where is it? • The bib file can be downloaded from my web page under the “Grad Student Info” link: • http://myweb.clemson.edu/~jsaylor/gstud.html • The format of this file is: allMMDDYYYY.bib
Format within the bib file - Follow the format of my entries as much as possible. • Note that there are entries from my collaborators that differ. • Use one of the saylor???? keys as a template. • For example: @ARTICLE{saylor2012b, author = {Saylor, J. R. and Bounds, G. D.}, title = {Experimental study of the role of the {Weber} and capillary numbers on {Mesler} entrainment}, journal = {AIChE Journal}, year = 2012, volume =58 , pages = "3841--3851", }
Important points • Don’t let text processor word wrap. “Hard-wire” carriage returns to keep lines from going beyond 72 characters. • To force capitalization, use another set of {}. • For keys, use the format lastnameyear (e.g. saylor2013). Add a letter at the end for multiple years by same author. Do not capitalize the first letter of the key. • Author format is {Saylor, J. R. and Bounds, G. D.}. Note where blanks are and aren’t.
Procedure for updating bib file • When you are working on the bibliography of a paper, thesis, etc., use the following procedure for updating the bib file: • Download the file. • Check whether the citation exists! If not, add it in a new section at the bottom of the file. • Test that you’ve done everything correctly by LaTeXing and BibTeXing your file and fixing any errors that appear in the resulting bibliography. • After modifying, resave the file using the format: allMMDDYYYY.bib. • E-mail the file to me. • I will post this new file on the web page.