LyX ⇒ Bibliography in chronological order

[kartikpandya]

hello everybody,
My question is: How can I arrange the entries of bibliography in chronological order automatically in Lyx?
thanks in advance

[meho_r]

Hi and welcome to the forum.

This was already discussed, but, in a nutshell, use BibTeX and unsrt bibliography style (LyX's User's Guide, section 6.5 and Additional Features, section 3.1). Also take a look at the example in the attachment.

[kartikpandya]

dear sir,
thanks for your reply.
but my query is not solved. In Chronological order the earliest references should appear first followed by the latest references. ( regarding your attached file, in the resultant PDF file, the ref. of year 1976 should appear first followed by ref. of year 2008 in the reference section.)

thank you

[meho_r]

Oh, sorry, I misunderstood your question. For entries to be sorted by years, do the following:

1. Download plainyr .bst file and put it somewhere you'll find it easily (e.g., in the same folder as your .lyx file).

2. Right click on BibTeX Created Bibliography > Settings > Browse > then locate and select downloaded plainyr style.

3. Compile your document again. Now all entries will be sorted ba year-author-title.

[kartikpandya]

dear sir,
thanks for reply.
yes, it works.

[localghost]

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Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten

[kartikpandya]

Dear Sir,
I have downloaded plainyr.bst and references get arranged in chronological order. But there is yet another problem regarding appearance of the text in reference.
I get the following text in the output when I run lyx . (I am using JabRef for entering the references.)
[1] Lucy M. “PSO based algorithm for solution of nonlinear equations”,. IEEE Trans. On Power Systems, vol. 25, no.4, :pp. 809-817, Feb. 1999.
I have entered the following text in JabRef.
Author- Lucy M.,
Title-“PSO based algorithm for solution of nonlinear equations”,
Journal-IEEE Trans. On Power Systems
Year- Feb. 1999
Volume- vol. 25, no. 4,
Pages- pp. 809-817
Bibtexkey-LucyM.Feb.1999.
I require following modifications in the output text.
(1) There should be a comma (,) following author’s name(i.e. Lucy M.). Even though I have entered a comma after author’s name in jebref, it does not appear in output.
(2) I get (”) in front of the title (in front of PSO based algorithm…) in the output text. Instead it should be (“).
(3) There should not be a full stop(.) at the end of the title (i.e … nonlinear equations)
(4) There should not be a colon(:) in front of pp. 809-817.
So, sir, what should I do to obtain such modifications? They are absolutely required because I have to write references of my phd thesis.
Thank you

[meho_r]

Before anything else, you should check with your university if they provide bibliography style which should be used. If not, then I recommend you consider using biblatex to manage your references. It seems to be much easier for use and modifications than "plain" BibTeX is.

Also a general tip: never ever enter manually punctuation signs (comma, period, quotation marks...) along entries in your .bib file (e.g. putting a comma after the author's name). Use appropriate required/optional/general etc. fields in JabRef to enter "clean" entries, and leave punctuation part to the style you're using.

In the attachment you'll find a very simple example you may start with (don't forget to check the preamble). For more infos, of course, you should consult biblatex documentation. And if you encounter any problems, I suggest you start a new thread under BibTeX section, since this is not related to LyX anymore.

P.S. For using biblatex with LyX, here's a wiki article you'd find useful.

[kartikpandya]

Dear sir,
Thanks for reply. I made the required modifications in LYX , which you have suggested in your last email.
I ran your attached file successfully , but in pdf file (& in dvi file) and in its printed document the references did not appear at all. So where could be my mistake?
Thank you

[meho_r]

Do citations appear in text, bold, but no reference section (take a look at the attached "wrong.pdf" file)? If that is the case, I presume the absolute path to test_bib.bib (which must be set in Document > Settings > LaTeX Preamble) isn't right.

Try the following:

1. If you're using Windows, create a folder on C:\ and name it test, so that its path is: C:\test

2. Put Example.lyx and test_bib.bib files from my previous post into test folder

3. Open Example.lyx, go to Document > Settings > LaTeX Preamble and make sure the \bibliography command there looks like this:

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\bibliography{C:\test\test_bib}

4. Try compiling the document now. You should get the same result as in the attached "right.pdf" file.