General ⇒ References instead of Bibliography

[yoda]

Hi!

I want to change the title and headings of the bibliography for "References". I tried with the command

\renewcommand{\bibname}{References}

and

\renewcommand{\refname}{References}

but nothing happens. Any idea?

Thanks

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi,

what document class do you use?
Do you use babel? If yes, then use instead of the commands above

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\addto\captionsenglish{\renewcommand{\bibname}{References}}

if you use the book or the report class or

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\addto\captionsenglish{\renewcommand{\refname}{References}}

if you use article.

Stefan

[yoda]

Thank you Stefan! it worked as I wanted

[snowfrog]

Hi all,

Not sure if I should open a new post but I have exactly the same problem, except that for me adding

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\addto\captionsenglish{\renewcommand{\bibname}{References}}

or

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\addto\captionsenglish{\renewcommand{\refname}{References}}

still didn't change anything.

I'm using natbib.

Thanks!

[localghost]

The provided solution only works when the babel package with the english option is used. Without this package the redefinition is as simple as shown in the first post.

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\renewcommand{\refname}{References}  % for the article class
\renewcommand{\bibname}{References}  % for the report or book class

In case this doesn't work for you, provide a minimal working example (MWE) that shows the problem.


Best regards
Thorsten

[snowfrog]

Thanks, advising me to do a MWE helped me find my own (rather stupid) mistake!

[localghost]

Thanks, advising me to do a MWE helped me find my own (rather stupid) mistake!

And we are all interested in the cause so that others can avoid your mistake.

[mortezatm]

I tried both options, but they did not work!
NO error generated!

Document Class: Book(Standard Class with Extra Font Sizes)
Bibliography:
Style format: Biblatex (natbib mode)
Variant: Author-year
Processor: bibtex

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I found the solution myself!
I had to add a TEX Code right before the "Biblatex Generated Bibliography" and inserted those commands
Having the commands in the preamble did not work for some reason