Standard templates

Be careful if you copy the following templates, the % sign is not valid to comment out lines in bibtex files. If you want to comment out a line, you have to put it outside the entry.

@article 

An article from a magazine or a journal.

• Required fields: author, title, journal, year.
• Optional fields: volume, number, pages, month, note.

     @article{Xarticle,
    

                  author    = "",
    

                  title     = "",
    

                  journal   = "",
    

                  %volume   = "",
    

                 %number   = "",
    

                 %pages    = "",
    

                 year      = "XXXX",
    

                 %month    = "", 

                 %note     = "",
}

@book 

A published book

• Required fields: author/editor, title, publisher, year.
• Optional fields: volume/number, series, address, edition, month, note.

@book{Xbook,
    author    = "",
    title     = "",
    publisher = "",
    %volume   = "",
    %number   = "",
    %series   = "",
    %address  = "",
    %edition  = "",
    year      = "XXXX",
    %month    = "",
    %note     = "",
}

@booklet 

A bound work without a named publisher or sponsor.

• Required fields: title.
• Optional fields: author, howpublished, address, month, year, note.

@booklet{Xbooklet,
    %author   = "",
    title     = "",
    %howpublished   = "",
    %address  = "",
    year      = "XXXX",
    %month    = "",
    %note     = "",
}

@conference 

Equal to inproceedings

• Required fields: author, title, booktitle, year.
• Optional fields: editor, volume/number, series, pages, address, month, organization, publisher, note.

@conference{Xconference,
    author    = "",
    title     = "",
    booktitle = "",
    %editor   = "",
    %volume   = "",
    %number   = "",
    %series   = "",
    %pages    = "",
    %address  = "",
    year      = "XXXX",
    %month    = "",
    %publisher= "",
    %note     = "",
}

@inbook 

A section of a book without its own title.

• Required fields: author/editor, title, chapter and/or pages, publisher, year.
• Optional fields: volume/number, series, type, address, edition, month, note.

@incollection 

A section of a book having its own title.

• Required fields: author, title, booktitle, publisher, year.
• Optional fields: editor, volume/number, series, type, chapter, pages, address, edition, month, note.

@inproceedings 

An article in a conference proceedings.

• Required fields: author, title, booktitle, year.
• Optional fields: editor, volume/number, series, pages, address, month, organization, publisher, note.

@manual 

Technical manual

• Required fields: title.
• Optional fields: author, organization, address, edition, month, year, note.

@mastersthesis 

Master's thesis

• Required fields: author, title, school, year.
• Optional fields: type (eg. "diploma thesis"), address, month, note.

@mastersthesis{Xthesis,
    author    = "",
    title     = "",
    school    = "",
    %type     = "diploma thesis",
    %address  = "",
    year      = "XXXX",
    %month    = "",
    %note     = "",
}

@misc 

Template useful for other kinds of publication

• Required fields: none
• Optional fields: author, title, howpublished, month, year, note.

@misc{Xmisc,
    %author    = "",
    %title     = "",
    %howpublished = "",
    %year     = "XXXX",
    %month    = "",
    %note     = "",
}

@phdthesis 

Ph.D. thesis

• Required fields: author, title, year, school.
• Optional fields: address, month, keywords, note.

@proceedings 

The proceedings of a conference.

• Required fields: title, year.
• Optional fields: editor, volume/number, series, address, month, organization, publisher, note.

@techreport 

Technical report from educational, commercial or standardization institution.

• Required fields: author, title, institution, year.
• Optional fields: type, number, address, month, note.

@techreport{Xtreport,
    author    = "",
    title     = "",
    institution = "",
    %type     = "", 
    %number   = "",
    %address  = "",
    year      = "XXXX",
    %month    = "",
    %note     = "",
}

@unpublished 

An unpublished article, book, thesis, etc.

• Required fields: author, title, note.
• Optional fields: month, year.

Not standard templates

@patent

BiBTeX entries can be exported from Google Patents.

(see Cite Patents with Bibtex for an alternative)

@collection

@electronic

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+ Required fields, O Optional fields

Authors