BibTeX, biblatex and biber ⇒ Citing an entire book series (with no author)

[davidec]

I would like to cite an entire book series: in this case, the statistical publications of the German Empire until 1945. A corresponding BibTeX entry could be:

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@book{statdr,
	Address = {Berlin},
	Publisher = {Kaiserliches Statistisches Amt},
	Title = {Statistik des Deutschen Reiches},
	Year = {various years}}

Now, I would like to have it in my references as

Statistik des Deutschen Reiches, Berlin: Kaiserliches Statistisches Amt, various years

that is, ordered under the letter "S", as if the name of the series was an author's name. Let me not worry about citing it in the main text for now, because I can always fix that with a \nocite.

I should add that I work with natbib, and the aer bibliography style.

Now, if I work with this combination, and choosing the entry type "book", the entry "Statistik des deutschen Reiches" in the references looks fine, exactly as I described it above, but everything that will appear after that entry will appear italicized.

I.e., all books and articles whose authors begin with "T", "U" and so on, appear all in italics in the references, instead of having just the book title in italics. Additionally, the words "Statistik des deutschen Reiches" appear one time too much, just before the actual entry "Statistik des deutschen Reiches". To give you a visual representation of what happens:

Ritter, Karl, Ritter’s geographisch-statistisches Lexikon, 4th ed., Leipzig: Wigand, 1855.
Statistik des Deutschen Reiches

Statistik des Deutschen Reiches, Berlin: Kaiserliches Statistisches Amt, various years.

Tellkampf, Adolph, Die Verhältnisse der Bevölkerung und der Lebensdauer im Königreich Hannover, Hannover: Helwing’sche Hofbuchhandlung, 1846.

Do you have any suggestion on how to cite such a series of books by its name, and without an author? And without creating such a mess on all other references in the bibliography?

Should I change the entry type? I think I tried all of them, and none delivered better results. Should I change the bibliography style? I would be very reluctant to abandon aer.

[meho_r]

I have a general advice: create an example but fully compilable file (MWE), create a segment of bibliography which contains the problematic entry as well as some others and put it in a .bib file, then zip both files and post them here, so people can reproduce the problem and provide a solution. It would save a lot of time and guessing and ensure a relevant answer.

[davidec]

Hi meho_r, thanks for your post. You're right, I should have provided a MWE right away. Here it is. The main file:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{natbib}

\begin{document}
\noindent
\citet{allen01} \\
\citet{statdr} \\
\citet{vanzanden1999} \\

\bibliographystyle{aer}
\bibliography{mwe_series}

\end{document}

And the .bib file is attached. As you can see from compiling this, the first item in the bibliography looks fine, but the one after the book series (statdr) appears all in italics, even though that should not be the case.