Procedures for the bib File What is it

Procedures for the “bib. File”

What is it • A bib file is used in La. Tex, when the package Bib. Te. X is used to develop the bibliography. The file has the suffix “. bib”. • La. Tex and Bib. Te. X is what is used in my research group for all documents, including journal articles, theses, reports, etc. • By using a single Bib. Te. X 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: all. MMDDYYYY. 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{saylor 2012 b, author = {Saylor, J. R. and Bounds, G. D. }, title = {Experimental study of the role of the {Weber} and capillary numbers on {Mesler} entrainment}, journal = {AICh. E 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. saylor 2013). 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 La. Te. Xing and Bib. Te. Xing your file and fixing any errors that appear in the resulting bibliography. (4) After modifying, resave the file using the format: all. MMDDYYYY. bib. (5) E-mail the file to me. (6) I will post this new file on the web page.