Rich Shepard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> I used natbib to manage the citations for my book. I'm now writing a couple
> of monographs that will be part of the take-home package from a water quality
> workshop in which I'll be lecturing. The references for the latter are
> distinctly different from those of the former, and I'm considering how best
> to accommodate them. Right now I have no comprehensive science library
> database on my linux network, just books on shelves and journal
> articles/agency reports in file cabinets and other shelves.
>
> My initial thought is to build a new, separate natbib database for the
> lectures. Almost certainly, each citation database will be specific to an
> individual project, and entries in one would not be used for a different
> project.
>
> Regardless, I wanted to gain outside opinions from you fine folks who have
> solved this problem in many different ways. Your thoughts and suggestions are
> solicited. A while back I spent a little time seeking a bibliographic
> database that ran on linux and that I liked. Didn't find anything then that
> was worth the effort to build.
>
Hi Rich,
I presume the emphasis is on "large" and "disparate" databases here.
Within the remit of my ethnographic work, I'm involved in a diverse range of
projects that rely on a broad range of sources from applied practitioners'
literature to abstract academic writings. For some reports I write, I merely
resort to one type of literature, whereas for others I might have to cite a
completely different cannon. Nonetheless, all bibliographical entries are
"lumped" into one single large bibtex database.
This is very convenient, particularly since LyX has such an excellent 'Add
citation' interface with a very straight forward search function. If your bibtex
entries are organised by the author + year i.e.
@book{Shepard05,
[...]
}
then you might be able to find the relevant citation within LyX with two clicks.
For complying and managing a bibtex database I recommend Pybliographer.
Hope this helps.
Cheers, Sam
