Transcript Procedures for the “bibFile”

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”.
• 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
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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:
(1) Download the file.
(2) Check whether the citation exists! If not, add it in a new
section at the bottom of the file.
(3) Test that you’ve done everything correctly by LaTeXing
and BibTeXing your file and fixing any errors that appear in
the resulting bibliography.
(4) After modifying, resave the file using the format:
allMMDDYYYY.bib.
(5) E-mail the file to me.
(6) I will post this new file on the web page.