BibTeX, biblatex and biber ⇒ Include revised date in references

[snowfrog]

Hi,

I am referencing a map that was done in 1998, revised in 2001. When I cite the map in the text I would like it to look like

text text author_of_map(1998) text text

but in the References section I would like it to be referenced as

author_of_map(1998. Revised in 2001)

Is this possible?

Thanks in advance!

[frabjous]

Normally, I'd handle something like this with:

year = {1998},
note = {Revised in 2001},

in the bib file rather than:

year = {1998. Revised in 2001}

whether you get good output from that will depend on your bibstyle though.

[snowfrog]

whether you get good output from that will depend on your bibstyle though

Sorry, I should have said: I'm using natbib, \bibliographystyle{apalike}.

"Revised in 2001" comes up at the end of the reference, rather than near the date where I would like it to be but I'll settle for that if there's no other way.

Thanks for your help!

[olofos]

One way would to put something like

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year={1998. Revised in 2001\shortdate{1998}}

in your bib-file. In the preamble add

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\newcommand{\shortdate}[1]{#1}

and right before the \bibliography macro add

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\renewcommand{\shortdate}[1]{}

It's not a pretty solution, but it puts the full date in the right place.

[olofos]

Instead of putting the last line before \bibliography, it's probably nicer to put

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@preamble{"\def\shortdate#1{}"}

somewhere in the bib-file. This makes it more portable, since you can reuse it in some other tex-file without putting that line before the bibliography. You will still need to put

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\newcommand{\shortdate}[1]{#1}

in the preamble of the tex-file if you use natbib.

[snowfrog]

Thanks olofos. Your suggestions work perfectly!