General ⇒ Multibib gets numbering of cites wrong

[benowar]

Hi,

I use the multibib package to introduce 2 bibliographys to my document. I want to use a different style for both (alpha and plain). Now, interestingly, the entries for plain use wrong numbering. It behaves like this:

"Foo bar [2] foo bar [FooBar98]".

Where [2] is an entry for the first bibliography with stlye plain and [FooBar98] from the second with style alpha. The correct way would be:

"Foo bar [1] foo bar [FooBar98]".

To me it looks as if Bibtex would simply count all cites from both bibliographies, ignoring the presence of different styles. Is there something I can do (maybe when executing bibtex.exe) do prevent this?

Btw I call bibtex 2 times with the 2 aux files that mictex creates on the first run.

Thanks for helping,
Ben

[gmedina]

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\usepackage[resetlabels]{multibib}

[benowar]

Thanks, but this doesnt seem to make any difference. My first bilbiographical reference starts with [17], then comes [16], [26], [29]. Is keeping the references in the same bib file a problem? Following the example from http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/ ... ltibib.pdf it doesnt seem to be a requirement.

Btw I am using TeXnicCenter, not sure if thats relevant.

[gmedina]

Is keeping the references in the same bib file a problem?

No. Could you post the relevant parts of your document? (The preamble, and the commands you are using to include your bibliographies?)

[benowar]

Before I do this, maybe this helps to find out about the problem: When I change the author-value of a bib-entry, the numbers change (!). So, for the following entry, using {{aaaIBM Corporation}} as author value, the entry shows up as [1] instead of [17]. I am shocked how the author name could have any influence on the reference numbering...

@MISC{ibmdb2home,
author = {{IBM Corporation}},
title = {{Homepage IBM DB2}},
owner = {bpasero},
pdf = {C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\bpasero\Desktop\Diplom\Thesis\Quellen\Internet\Used\Analyse\db2_homepage.pdf},
timestamp = {2007.08.15},
url = {http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data/db2/},
urldate = {2007.08.15}
}


header.tex

\usepackage[resetlabels]{multibib}
\newcites{www}{Internet-Quellen}


document.tex

\clearpage
\renewcommand{\bibname}{Literatur}
\bibliographystyle{alpha}
\bibliography{literatur}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Literatur}

\clearpage
\renewcommand{\bibname}{Internet-Quellen}
\bibliographystylewww{plain}
\bibliographywww{literatur}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{\bibname}

[benowar]

Interesting. This doesnt even seem to be related to multibib. I see exactly the same effect when not using that package at all.

[gmedina]

So, for the following entry, using {{aaaIBM Corporation}} as author value, the entry shows up as [1] instead of [17]. I am shocked how the author name could have any influence on the reference numbering...

You are using plain and alpha styles which sort the entries alphabetically by authors, so it's not a surprise that the author name has any influence on the reference numbering; in fact, it must have all the influence. So review the documentation on BibTeX to see how the entries are sorted and the precautions you must have regarding names.

[benowar]

Ah that explains it. Weird, I have nerver seen cites numbered like that in any book I read before, but maybe I should read more books...

Is there a style that is not sorting by name?

[benowar]

Using \natbib and style unsrtnat finally worked.