[vox-tech] BibTex related question

[Jonathan Stickel]

Dylan Beaudette wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Just started using bibtex to help with the organization of citations in 
> papers and the like... i am currently using the bibtex style called 
> "named" with the command:
> 
> \bibliographystyle{named}
> 
> ... as suggested on this website:
> http://netra.wustl.edu/links/latex/latex.html
> 
> my intent was to get citations that look like (author, year) ... the 
> "named" style was the closest that I could get, however the citations 
> end up looking like [author, year] ...

Did you try "apalike"?  That's a standard one.  There are many styles 
available, but finding the right one can be difficult.  Unless it is a 
requirement, numbered references are much prefered over author-date.

> 
> any ideas on how to get the more traditional (author, year) style?
> 
> thanks!
> 
> PS: for anyone using macos X there is a great application called 
> "Bibdesk" which can help manage your .bib file. Anyone know of a similar 
> tool for Linux?
> 

I use pybliographer, but there are many other bib management programs 
available.

Jonathan