Page Layout ⇒ Bibliography with Fullpage Package

[dward1996]

I am currently trying to add a bibliography to a report I am writing using the report document class with the fullpage package. However, the indentation of each entry seems extremely large. I know it must be possible to decrease this to a more natural level, but with my basic LaTeX knowledge need advice on how to do so. Here is the code I'm using:

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\documentclass[11pt]{report}

\usepackage{fullpage}

\begin{document}

\begin{thebibliography}{Burnside Papers}
\bibitem{Suzuki 2} Michio Suzuki.
\emph{Group Theory II}. English Edition, Springer-Verlag, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1986. x+621pp, ISBN 0-387-10916-1.
\end{thebibliography}

\end{document}

Thanks in advance for your help.

[Frits]

Your problem lies in the following:

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\begin{thebibliography}{Burnside Papers}

The second argument (Burnside Papers) determines the amount of indentation used.

Try, for instance:

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\begin{thebibliography}{Burn}
\bibitem{Suzuki 2} Michio Suzuki.
\emph{Group Theory II}. English Edition, Springer-Verlag, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1986. x+621pp, ISBN 0-387-10916-1.
\end{thebibliography}

[localghost]

Page and paper dimensions are better set up with the geometry package. The argument for the widest label of thebibliography environment is typically given as »9« for bibliographies with less than 10 references, »99« for ones with less than 100, etc.


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten

[dward1996]

Your problem lies in the following:

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\begin{thebibliography}{Burnside Papers}

The second argument (Burnside Papers) determines the amount of indentation used.

Thanks for the advice. I obviously misunderstood the book I read regarding bibliographies!