BibTeX, biblatex and biber ⇒ Advanced citing - What package combination are you using?

[twotoneblue]

JW, it works like a charm(it also teaches me a thing or two about redefining a function)
Thank you very much for your help and your packages!

My evaluation is that the Linux/LaTeX combination is now capable of very nearly all the same functions as Windows/Word/EndNote when it comes to meaningful citing styles for chemistry documents.

Let us hope that the biblatex sublist handling will be ameliorated to suit Joseph Wrights and Michael Shells excellent and chemistry friendly packages, to attain even greater flexibility in the future.

Thanks again
Best regards
Aasmund

[twotoneblue]

Here is a testfile where the challenges mentioned in this thread are overcome - big thanks to Joseph Wright for his advice and packages.

Be aware that there could be errors or redundancies in the following code.

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\documentclass[a4paper]{article}

\usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Modern font encoding
\usepackage{float}       % For creating charts, graphs and schemes
\usepackage{helvet}      % Helvetica font for sans serif
\usepackage{mathptmx}    % Times font ("Word-like")

\usepackage{rsc}         % Loads natbib, etc.
\usepackage{setspace}    % For double-spacing
\AtBeginDocument{\doublespacing}

\newfloat{chart}{htbp}{loc}
\newfloat{graph}{htbp}{loh}
\newfloat{scheme}{htbp}{los}

\usepackage[version=3]{mhchem} % Formula subscripts using \ce{}

%% My preamble additions

\usepackage{notes2bib}
%%\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage{mciteplus}

\renewcommand*\mcitesubrefform{%
  \textsuperscript{\arabic{mcitebibitemcount}\alph{mcitesubitemcount}}%
}
%% End my preamble additions

\begin{document}


\section{Introduction}

An argument \bibnote{Well, it is not really an argument, but how about a reference to make the reader feel better: N. Name, \textit{Some Journal} \textbf{2009}, \textit{11}, 100 - 110} about \ce{Rh2L4} with support in the literature \cite{Name1996,*Name1997}, followed by another one \cite{Name1998,*Name1999,*Name2000}.
Now we try to get back to speak only of a few selected items \mciteSubRef{Name1996}$^{,}$\mciteSubRef{Name1997} 

\bibliographystyle{angew}
\bibliography{yourBibliography}

\end{document}

In addition to the need for the packages being loaded at the beginning of the file (get the newest versions from CTAN), you will of course need to change all the citekeys to keys that actually exist in "yourBibliography" which itself needs to be referred to by name(without the .bib extension) if it resides in the same directory as the document, or eventually by /path/name.

Hopefully it will output something like the image below(the keen eye will notice that the font in the bibnote is different than in the rest of the references. I am not sure what to do about that) :

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[muchalh]

@twotoneblue

Thank you very much for the test file.
Forum gets a donation today. It's been over a week of me sucking information from here without giving back.

Thanks, and Happy New Year!.

[twotoneblue]

@josephwright

Now what if I am told to include the references and notes on the end of every page? Is it possible with the current setup?

Any news from Philipp on changes in biblatex? Where do I look to know when/if it happens, CTAN?

[muchalh]

Do you mean to have the bibliography in the footnotes? Organic Letters has it, for example. I was trying to find anything that could do it but with no luck. Let us know if you find something.

[twotoneblue]

Yes, the Organic Letters-style is a good example of what I am thinking about.

[twotoneblue]

I am happy to share with you that Joseph Wright has been looking into the challenge of numbered citations as footnotes in collaboration with the author of biblatex, Philipp Lehman.

Please visit Josephs blog "Some TeX Developments" to see his work on this and other topics.