there's a "note" field you can use to input miscelaneous information.
On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 4:10 PM, Julio Rojas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thank you all for your answers, they have been of great help. Still, > the main technical question, the how do I do it in BibTeX, remains > unanswered. Is there a "Note" or "Previously Published" field in > BibTeX? How do I solve this problem using the available fields? > > P.S.: I know this kind of questions is a little "off topic" for this > list, but guys should be proud of how helpful you arem not only with > LyX, but with the whole LaTeX package. > ------------------------------------------------- > Julio Rojas > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 8:24 PM, rgheck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> killermike wrote: >>> >>> Julio Rojas wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, does anyone know hot to handle reprinted material using Bibtex? I >>>> have a book which has been reprinted. Should I add the year of the >>>> original printing to the title? Should I just stick to the reprinted >>>> book information? Or is there a "proper" way to cite reprinted books >>>> using Bibtex. >>>> >>> >>> This is something I have have often wondered about too. For example, if >>> you have a book that was written in 1600 but your copy is a 1976 paperback, >>> what do you put for the date? >>> >> The date is supposed to be the publication date. So it depends upon exactly >> what sort of "reprinting" it is. If it's JUST a reprinting, then the >> original date will usually be appropriate; if it's more than that, then the >> later one. Generally, I tend to look at the copyright date and use that, and >> then you can add a note, as Rich suggested, if that seems appropriate. >> >> In the case you've mentioned, one would suppose there will have been >> substantial editing and such. So one would put "1976", to identify that >> particular edition. >> >> rh >> >> >
