BibTeX, biblatex and biberProblems with customizing the bibliography

Information and discussion about BiBTeX - the bibliography tool for LaTeX documents.
Post Reply
Chris198
Posts: 1
Joined: Fri Feb 06, 2015 8:00 pm

Problems with customizing the bibliography

Post by Chris198 »

Hi,

I just startet working with Latex and I have huge problems with customizing the bibliographic style.

What I want is this:
• Books: Surname, Forename (Original date of pub.): Title. Address: Publisher (Date of
the republication).

• Incollection: Surname, Forename (Original date of pub.): Title. In: Surname, Forename (Hrsg.): Booktitle. Address: Publisher (Date of the republication), page-page.

If the paper is part of a collection of papers by the same author I want that it appears as follows:
• Surname, Forename (Original date of pub.): Title. In: Ders.: Booktitle. Address: Publisher (Date of the republication), page-page.

And finally: If there is more than one author, then I want an ‚&‘ between their names (this should be the case by all types of references and also when there is more than one editor).

Here’s what I have so far:

Code: Select all

\documentclass[a4, 12pt]{scrartcl}  
\usepackage{geometry}
\geometry{a4paper, top=2.5cm, left=2.5cm, right=2.5cm, bottom=3 cm} 
\usepackage[protrusion=true,expansion=true]{microtype} 
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc} 
\usepackage[ngerman]{babel} 
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} 
\usepackage[german=quotes]{csquotes}
\usepackage[
	style=authoryear-icomp,
	pagetracker=true,
	maxcitenames=3,
	date=year,               
	origdate=year,
	backend=bibtex8,
	safeinputenc,
	url=false,
	isbn=false,
	hyperref=false,
	sorting=nyt 
	]{biblatex}

\setlength{\bibitemsep}{0.5em} 
\setlength{\bibhang}{3.6em} 
\renewcommand{\postnotedelim}{\addcolon\addspace} 
\renewcommand*\bibnamedash{\rule[0.48ex]{3em}{0.14ex}\space}
\DeclareFieldFormat{postnote}{#1} 
\DeclareFieldFormat[article]{title}{#1\isdot} 
\DeclareFieldFormat[inbook]{title}{#1\isdot} 
\DeclareFieldFormat[incollection]{title}{#1\isdot} 
\DeclareFieldFormat{journaltitle}{#1}  
\DeclareFieldFormat{pages}{#1}  
\DeclareFieldFormat[inbook,thesis,article,in collection,booklet,conference,in proceedings,proceedings,unpublished]{title}{\mkbibemph{#1}}
\renewbibmacro*{date}{%
  %\printdate
  \iffieldundef{origyear}{%
  }{%
    \printtext[parens]{\printorigdate}%
  }%
}
\DefineBibliographyStrings{german}{% 
        andothers = {{et\,al\adddot}},             
        editor = {(Hrsg.)}, 
        editors = {(Hrsg.)}} 
\renewcommand{\labelnamepunct}{\addcolon\addspace}
\bibliography{sample} 

\begin{document}

blabla\parencite[379]{McDowell2008}

\nocite{*} 
\printbibliography
\end{document}
And here my bib-file:

Code: Select all

@incollection{McDowell2008,
	Address = {Oxford},
	Author = {John McDowell},
	Booktitle = {Disjunctivism: Perception, Action, Knowledgey},
	Editor = {Macpherson, F. \& Haddock, A.},
	Keywords = {McDowell},
	Pages = {376--389},
	Publisher = {Oxford University Press},
	Title = {The Disjunctive Conception of Experience as Material for a Transcendental Argument},
	Year = {2008}}

@article{McDowell1982,
	Author = {John McDowell},
	Journal = {Proceedings of the British Academy},
	Keywords = {McDowell},
	Pages = {455--479},
	Title = {Criteria, Defeasibility, and Knowledge},
	Volume = {68},
	Year = {1982}}

@book{McDowell1996,
	Address = {Harvard},
	Author = {John McDowell},
	Keywords = {McDowell},
	Origdate = {1994},
	Publisher = {Harvard University Press},
	Title = {Mind and World},
	Year = {1996}}
Thank you in advance.

Recommended reading 2024:

LaTeXguide.org • LaTeX-Cookbook.net • TikZ.org

NEW: TikZ book now 40% off at Amazon.com for a short time.

And: Currently, Packt sells ebooks for $4.99 each if you buy 5 of their over 1000 ebooks. If you choose only a single one, $9.99. How about combining 3 LaTeX books with Python, gnuplot, mathplotlib, Matlab, ChatGPT or other AI books? Epub and PDF. Bundle (3 books, add more for higher discount): https://packt.link/MDH5p

Stefan Kottwitz
Site Admin
Posts: 10335
Joined: Mon Mar 10, 2008 9:44 pm

Problems with customizing the bibliography

Post by Stefan Kottwitz »

Hi Chris,

welcome to the forum!

Did you manage to solve some of the problems? Sorry to see there wasn't a response yet. Perhaps after an update post? Feel free to bump it up with some information.

I noticed you posted the question on TeXwelt.de, so I add this link for completeness. No problems with cross-posts, if there's a backlink.

Stefan
LaTeX.org admin
Post Reply