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The following are the entry types allowed in the .bib file
together with their required and optional fields.
- article. Required: author, title, journal,
year. Optional: volume, number, pages,
month, note.
- book. Required: author or editor, title,
publisher, year. Optional: volume, series,
address, edition, month, note.
- booklet. Required: title. Optional: author, howpublished, address, month, year,
note. A booklet is a work
that is printed and bound, but has no named publisher or sponsor.
- inbook. Required: author or editor, title,
chapter and/or pages, publisher, year.
Optional: volume, series, address, edition,
month, note.
- incollection. Required: author, title,
booktitle, publisher, year.
Optional: editor, chapter, pages, address,
month, note.
- inproceedings. Required: author, title,
booktitle, year. Optional: editor, pages,
organization, publisher, address, month, note.
- manual. Required: title. Optional: author,
organization, address, edition, month,
year, note. The manual entry is
used for technical documentation.
- mastersthesis Required: author, title, school,
year. Optional: address, month, note.
- misc Required: none; Optional: author, title,
howpublished, month, year, note.
Use this entry type if nothing else fits.
- phdthesis. Required: author, title,
school, year.
Optional: address, month, note.
- proceedings. Required: title, year.
Optional: editor, publisher, organization,
address, month, note.
- techreport. Required: author, title,
institution, year.
Optional: type, number, address, month, note.
- unpublished. Required: author, title, note.
Optional: month, year.
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