BibTeX is a tool for
LaTeX to manage bibliography databases. It was created by
Oren Patashnik[?] and
Leslie Lamport in
1985. BibTeX makes it easy to quote sources in a consistent manner.
Bibliography items are split by types. The following types are included by default:
- article: An article from a journal or magazine.
- book: A book with an explicit publisher. Required fields: author or editor, title, publisher, year.
- booklet: A work that is printed and bound, but without a named publisher or sponsoring institution.
- conference: The same as INPROCEEDINGS, included for Scribe compatibility.
- inbook: A part of a book, which may be a chapter (or section or whatever) and/or a range of pages.
- incollection: A part of a book having its own title.
- inproceedings: An article in a conference proceedings.
- manual: Technical documentation.
- mastersthesis: A Master’s thesis.
- misc: Use this type when nothing else fits.
- phdthesis: A PhD thesis.
- proceedings: The proceedings of a conference.
- techreport: A report published by a school or other institution, usually numbered within a series.
- unpublished: A document having an author and title, but not formally published.