[vox-tech] BibTex related question

[Skyler Cranmer]

Jonathan Stickel wrote:

> 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
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Numbered references are only preferred over author-date in some fields;  
in political science (and most social sciences), numbered references are 
frowned upon. Try American Political Science Review (APSR) style for 
good author-date citations with () instead of [], it is based on the 
Harvard style used in natbib.
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