BibTeX, biblatex and biber ⇒ How to reference InBook with full details

[Mas0x1]

Hi there,

I am trying to make a reference to a specific chapter in a Handbook using JabRef. I am assuming that I need to use "Inbook" entry. Problem I am facing is that Inbook entry or any other entry don't have enough fields for my need.

To be more specific: I want to refer a
1)Chapter (e.g. Ch. 53)
2) it's title (e.g. Rehab. Robotics)
3) In a Part (e.g. Part F: Field Robotics)
4) Editor of the Part (e.g. Someone's name)
5) Authors of the chapter (e.g. x and y and z)
6) Editors of the whole book
7) Name of the Handbook
....

Is it necessary to enter the title of the chapter if you are specifying the number of the chapter? How detailed should the citation be?

Thanks

[kaiserkarl13]

The general rule with BibTeX is to provide it with as much information as you have and let the bst file leave out stuff as per the style of the book/journal/whatever.

It actually sounds like you may be citing a collection (not simply a book), meaning a series of articles written by different authors compiled into one collection (which happens to be a book), with each article/section/chapter having its OWN title. Inbook uses the title of the entire book as its title field, incollection requires both (section) title and booktitle.

I'm not sure how to handle the "part" under all situations, unfortunately. If the Part is actually its own book (the title of which is "Part F: Robotics"), then your entry looks like

3) In a Part (e.g. Part F: Field Robotics)

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@incollection{key,
  chapter = 53,
  title   = "Rehab. Robotics",
  editor  = "Someone",
  author  = "x and y and z",
  booktitle = "Part F: Robotics",
  series = "Handbook of Stuff I Care About",
  publisher = "snthoeunh",
  address   = "nthoseth",
  pages   = "543--501",
  year    = 1896
}

If, however, "Robotics" is simply part F of a (very long) book, then your entry might be

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@incollection{key,
  chapter = 53,
  title   = "Rehab. Robotics",
  editor  = "Someone",
  author  = "x and y and z",
  booktitle = "Handbook of Stuff I Care About",
  publisher = "snthoeunh",
  address   = "nthoseth",
  pages   = "543--501",
  year    = 1896
}

with the part omitted.