BibTeX, biblatex and biber ⇒ Plainnat bib-style

[mosse14]

Hei

My professor has a quite strange idea of referencing: She wants a reference to look the following way:
Author (Year). ...
How can I change the .bst-file to show the year in brackets?
And further on: this file is a style that shows the german 'und' instead of 'and'. How can I change this?

regards

[localghost]

[...] My professor has a quite strange idea of referencing: She wants a reference to look the following way: Author (Year). [...] And further on: this file is a style that shows the german 'und' instead of 'and'. How can I change this? [...]

It's not so unusual as you might think. The natbib package offers several options. I have no problem with the code below. If it doesn't work for you, it's your turn to show the opposite by a minimal working example (MWE).

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\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,english]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage[round]{natbib}
\usepackage{filecontents}

\begin{filecontents*}{\jobname.bib}
@BOOK{knuth84,
  author={Donald Ervin Knuth},
  title={The \TeX book},
  year={1984},
  publisher={Addison-Wesley}
}
@BOOK{lamport94,
  author={Leslie Lamport},
  title={\LaTeX\ - A Document Preparation System},
  note={User's Guide and Reference Manual},
  year={1994},
  publisher={Addison-Wesley},
  edition={Second}
}
@BOOK{mitgoo04,
  author={Frank Mittelbach and Michel Goossens},
  title={The \LaTeX\ Companion},
  year={2004},
  publisher={Addison-Wesley},
  edition={Second}
}
@BOOK{goomit07,
  author={Michel Goossens and Frank Mittelbach and Sebastian Rahtz and Denis Roegel and Herbert Voss},
  title={The \LaTeX\ Graphics Companion},
  year={2007},
  publisher={Addison-Wesley},
  edition={Second}
}
\end{filecontents*}

\begin{document}
  First reference: \cite{knuth84}
  
  Second reference: \cite{lamport94}

  Third reference: \cite{mitgoo04}

  Fourth reference: \cite{goomit07}
  \bibliographystyle{plainnat}
  \bibliography{\jobname}
\end{document}

For further information about the involved packages refer to their manual either on CTAN or via command prompt on your local machine.

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texdoc natbib

The filecontents package has only been used to enhance the standard »filecontents« environment thus is not part of the solution.


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten