So is there any way in bibtex + natbib to get the "Author 1976 [1600]" citation without messing with the year field in the bibtex database? I thought the "key" field would do the job, but is seems that if you have an "author", it is ignored.
On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 4:30 PM, Julio Rojas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks a lot guys. I'll stick to the "Note" field then. > ------------------------------------------------- > Julio Rojas > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 10:34 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Julio Rojas 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? > >> > > There are three different problems : > > > > - edition number. For example, B. Obama, Hope, hope, etc..., New York : > > Faber, 2008, 4th edition > > You use there the edition field in a bib entry with an integer, most > > European styles put the number in superscript after or before the year > > (German way). The edition field works with most bibtex styles > > > > - reprint (meaning a photomecanical reproduction of an old book) > > > > Avicenna, Liber canonis, Venice, 1507 (reprint Hildesheim : Olms Verlag, > > 1964) > > > > Then you have to use Biblatex that adds to the bib file fields an > origyear, > > origlocation, origtitle fields for reprint information or translation. > The > > new chicago biblatex style uses them. > > > > - translation > > J. L. Borges, Histoire universelle de l'infamie, Paris : Christian > > Bourgeois, 1985 (orig. Historia universal de la infamia, Buenos Aires, > > 1935) > > > > Possible with the Biblatex origyear, origlocation, origtitle with some > macro > > magic. > > > > > > If the bibliographic style that you want to use does not mandate to put > the > > reprint / translation information in the footnotes citation but you just > > want to add this information at the end of a bibliographic entry in the > > ending bibliography then use the note field. > > > > > > > > >