BibTeX, biblatex and biber ⇒ natbib | Multiple Sources in one in-line Citation

[latexhelp1]

Suppose I have 2 sources. Abba et al., 1958 and Pappa, 2005.

I want the citation to appear as (Abba et al, 1958; Pappa, 2005). I cannot figure out a good way to do this with Natbib and Bibtex. My current method does not invoke the et al part. I also want to preserve the hyperreferencing.

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(\citealp*{abba:1958}; \citealp*{pappa:2005}).

That output comes across as (Abba, Babba, Cabba, and Dabba, 1958; Pappa, 2005).

[kaiserkarl13]

If you want it to abbreviate, then don't use citealp*. That's the command to write the full list.

I think what you're looking for is \citep{key1,key2}. That will put parentheses around it (implicitly) and put the separator in automatically. Like so:

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text~\citep{abba:1958,pappa:2005}.

You will probably want to use

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\usepackage[semicolon]{natbib}

so you get semicolons between citations instead of commas. I think semicolons are the default, but just in case.

I have found the following site useful when working with natbib: http://merkel.zoneo.net/Latex/natbib.php
It describes a pretty old version, but most of the commands are still the same.