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BibTeXJabRef

An introduction to BibTeX and JabRef

Rongheng Lin

NIEHS, Biostatistics Branch

2/24/2006

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References

I

http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/˜jacobsd/bib/formats/bibtex.html

I http://jabref.sourceforge.net

I “The not so short introduction to LATEX2e ” by Tobias Oetikeret. al.

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Figure: Citation in LATEX

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What is BibTeX

I Program and file format

I Designed by Oren Patashnik and Leslie Lamport in 1985

I character based

I Field (tag) based

I Expandable.

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What is BibTeX

I Program and file format

I Designed by Oren Patashnik and Leslie Lamport in 1985

I character based

I Field (tag) based

I Expandable.

Rongheng Lin An introduction to BibTeX and JabRef

BibTeXJabRef

What is BibTeX

I Program and file format

I Designed by Oren Patashnik and Leslie Lamport in 1985

I character based

I Field (tag) based

I Expandable.

Rongheng Lin An introduction to BibTeX and JabRef

BibTeXJabRef

What is BibTeX

I Program and file format

I Designed by Oren Patashnik and Leslie Lamport in 1985

I character based

I Field (tag) based

I Expandable.

Rongheng Lin An introduction to BibTeX and JabRef

BibTeXJabRef

What is BibTeX

I Program and file format

I Designed by Oren Patashnik and Leslie Lamport in 1985

I character based

I Field (tag) based

I Expandable.

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Structure of a BibTeX item

I entry types: article, book, ...

I key word

I standard fields: author, title, year, journal, etc

I Others: strings, preample, ...

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Structure of a BibTeX item

I entry types: article, book, ...

I key word

I standard fields: author, title, year, journal, etc

I Others: strings, preample, ...

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Structure of a BibTeX item

I entry types: article, book, ...

I key word

I standard fields: author, title, year, journal, etc

I Others: strings, preample, ...

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Structure of a BibTeX item

I entry types: article, book, ...

I key word

I standard fields: author, title, year, journal, etc

I Others: strings, preample, ...

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An example of bibtex item

@article{Katz:Zege:esti:1994,author = {Katz, Joanne and Zeger, Scott L.},

title = {Estimation of Design Effects in Cluster Surveys},year = {1994},

journal = {Annals of Epidemiology},volume = {4},pages = {295–301}

}

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Usage of bibtex in tex file

I \bibliography{mybibfilename} % .bib file\bibliographystyle{mystylefilename} % .bst file

I Compiling procedure:Latex → bibtex → latex once (or more) again.(aux file and bbl file)

I Different journals have different .bst files.

I Get the latest bibtex file from your advisor.

I StatIndex (www.statindex.org) is your friend.

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Usage of bibtex in tex file

I \bibliography{mybibfilename} % .bib file\bibliographystyle{mystylefilename} % .bst file

I Compiling procedure:Latex → bibtex → latex once (or more) again.(aux file and bbl file)

I Different journals have different .bst files.

I Get the latest bibtex file from your advisor.

I StatIndex (www.statindex.org) is your friend.

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An item in bbl file

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What is JabRef?

I JabRef is an open source bibliography reference manager.

I The native file format used by JabRef is BibTeX

I JabRef runs across platforms via Java VM

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A screenshot of JabRef

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Features of JabRef

I Advanced BibTeX editor

I Search functions.

I Classification of entries

I Various import and export formats

I Customization of BibTeX fields.

I Search Medline and Citeseer

I Literature management

I ...

Rongheng Lin An introduction to BibTeX and JabRef

BibTeXJabRef

Features of JabRef

I Advanced BibTeX editor

I Search functions.

I Classification of entries

I Various import and export formats

I Customization of BibTeX fields.

I Search Medline and Citeseer

I Literature management

I ...

Rongheng Lin An introduction to BibTeX and JabRef

BibTeXJabRef

Features of JabRef

I Advanced BibTeX editor

I Search functions.

I Classification of entries

I Various import and export formats

I Customization of BibTeX fields.

I Search Medline and Citeseer

I Literature management

I ...

Rongheng Lin An introduction to BibTeX and JabRef

BibTeXJabRef

Features of JabRef

I Advanced BibTeX editor

I Search functions.

I Classification of entries

I Various import and export formats

I Customization of BibTeX fields.

I Search Medline and Citeseer

I Literature management

I ...

Rongheng Lin An introduction to BibTeX and JabRef

BibTeXJabRef

Features of JabRef

I Advanced BibTeX editor

I Search functions.

I Classification of entries

I Various import and export formats

I Customization of BibTeX fields.

I Search Medline and Citeseer

I Literature management

I ...

Rongheng Lin An introduction to BibTeX and JabRef

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Some examples

I Fetch a citation from Medline

I link to the downloaded file

I Use entries from StatIndex

I New Subdataset based on .aux file

Rongheng Lin An introduction to BibTeX and JabRef

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Some examples

I Fetch a citation from Medline

I link to the downloaded file

I Use entries from StatIndex

I New Subdataset based on .aux file

Rongheng Lin An introduction to BibTeX and JabRef

BibTeXJabRef

Some examples

I Fetch a citation from Medline

I link to the downloaded file

I Use entries from StatIndex

I New Subdataset based on .aux file

Rongheng Lin An introduction to BibTeX and JabRef

BibTeXJabRef

Some examples

I Fetch a citation from Medline

I link to the downloaded file

I Use entries from StatIndex

I New Subdataset based on .aux file

Rongheng Lin An introduction to BibTeX and JabRef

BibTeXJabRef

Some examples

I Fetch a citation from Medline

I link to the downloaded file

I Use entries from StatIndex

I New Subdataset based on .aux file

Rongheng Lin An introduction to BibTeX and JabRef

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More tricks

I Again! www.statindex.org is your friend.

I Define Strings

I Edit bbl file: don’t bibtex again!

Rongheng Lin An introduction to BibTeX and JabRef

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More tricks

I Again! www.statindex.org is your friend.

I Define Strings

I Edit bbl file: don’t bibtex again!

Rongheng Lin An introduction to BibTeX and JabRef

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More tricks

I Again! www.statindex.org is your friend.

I Define Strings

I Edit bbl file: don’t bibtex again!

Rongheng Lin An introduction to BibTeX and JabRef

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Summary

I Get the latest bib file from your advisor

I Use Statindex and Medline

I Enjoy JabRef

Enjoy your study in Hopkins!

Rongheng Lin An introduction to BibTeX and JabRef

BibTeXJabRef

Summary

I Get the latest bib file from your advisor

I Use Statindex and Medline

I Enjoy JabRef

Enjoy your study in Hopkins!

Rongheng Lin An introduction to BibTeX and JabRef

BibTeXJabRef

Summary

I Get the latest bib file from your advisor

I Use Statindex and Medline

I Enjoy JabRef

Enjoy your study in Hopkins!

Rongheng Lin An introduction to BibTeX and JabRef

BibTeXJabRef

Summary

I Get the latest bib file from your advisor

I Use Statindex and Medline

I Enjoy JabRef

Enjoy your study in Hopkins!

Rongheng Lin An introduction to BibTeX and JabRef