I have been using LaTeX for a few years now and haven't come across this problem before. I'm used to using BibTeX to do my references, but I'm writing an abstract for a conference, and they need me to send it in one LaTeX file for them to put into the proceedings booklet. I cannot seem to get LaTeX to allow me to use the authordate citation style using this method though. I keep getting this error message.
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! Package natbib Error: Bibliography not compatible with author-year citations.\bibliographystyle{plainnat}, and cannot see any problems with my bibliography entries, so I'm pretty confused!Code: Select all
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\bibitem{isrm88} F. Ouchterlony, "International Society for Rock Mechanics Commision on Testing Methods: Suggested Methods for Determining the Fracture Toughness of Rock," {\em International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Science \& Geomechanics Abstracts}, Vol. 25, 1988.
\bibitem{alshayea00} N.A. Al-Shayea and K. Khan and S.N. Abduljauwad, "Effects of confining pressure and temperature on mixed-mode(I-II) fracture toughness of a limestone rock," {\em International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences}, Vol. 37, pp. 629-643, 2000.
\bibitem{krishnan98} G.R. Krishnan and X.L. Zhao and M. Zaman and J.C. Roegiers, "Fracture Toughness of a Soft Sandstone," {\em International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences}, Vol. 35, No. 6, pp. 695-710, 1998.
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