BibTeX entry types
BibTeX entry types.
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1 General information
- A BibTeX entry start with the
@
sign followed by the entry type name. - Everything that belongs to the entry is enclosed in curly brackets.
% Basic structure of a BibTeX entry @book{ ... }
2 Entry types
- In its current version BibTeX features 14 entry types.
- Here is a complete list of the BibTeX entry types:
article
: any article published in a periodical like a journal article or magazine article;book
: a book;booklet
: like a book but without a designated publisher;conference
: a conference paper;inbook
: a section or chapter in a book;incollection
: an article in a collection;inproceedings
: a conference paper (same as theconference
entry type);manual
: a technical manual;masterthesis
: a Masters thesis;misc
: used if nothing else fits;phdthesis
: a PhD thesis;proceedings
: the whole conference proceedings;techreport
: a technical report, government report or white paper;unpublished
: a work that has not yet been officially published.