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Hakarl
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Changing the title in "References"

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I have just composed a class syllabus in LaTeX and would like to change the title of my Reference page from "References" to "Suggested Reading" or "Reading List". How do I go about doing that. This may be a simple question but I am new at this and on the steep incline of the LaTeX learning curve.

Thanks in advance.

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Depends on the class or package you are using, a minimal working example would give us just the information we need to help you.
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Hi Johannes,

I am using the article class nothing complex. Does that suffice in terms of information? Thanks for responding.
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And natbib for the reference package I believe.
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\renewcommad{\referencename}{Suggested Reading}
If I remember correctly.
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Could be \refname (with \renewcommand).

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Yes, refname should be the correct one.
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Here is the command I put in right in front of the bibliographystyle{} :

\renewcommand{\refname}{Suggested Reading}

And it works!

Thanks Johannes and Stefan!
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