Generalhelp with using bibtex for bibliography order

LaTeX specific issues not fitting into one of the other forums of this category.
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newstarter
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help with using bibtex for bibliography order

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Hello,

Bibtex is supposed to sort the references by author name alphabetically without the bibsort command, right? I am getting a sequence with wrong alphabetic order when use bibtex, any suggestion on how to get it fixed? Thanks a lot!

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gmedina
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Re: help with using bibtex for bibliography order

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Right, if you use the proper \bibliographystyle
1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34,55,89,144,233,...
newstarter
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Re: help with using bibtex for bibliography order

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Yes, I used the plain style. The causing error is that I put the author name as: Last First; however bibtex write the name as First Last.

Is there any way to make the author names appear as Last First? Thanks!
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gmedina
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help with using bibtex for bibliography order

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Use makebst. Its use is simple: you just have to run

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latex makebst
and answer some questions. An output file of type .bst will be created for your use as any other bibliographic style.
1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34,55,89,144,233,...
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