I've come across a problem where I have two references that could be confused if they are referred to in the abbreviated form (same first author, same year); however, the references appear in different sections of my document, and cannot be confused due to the the context in which I use them.
I am unable to force the use of the abbreviated form of the citation using \cite**{ref}.
Does anybody know if this the desired behaviour? Can anyone suggest a workaround? In this section of the document, I make liberal use of \citeasnoun, and having a great list of author's names appearing isn't all that desirable!
I've contacted Peter Williams about it, and he hasn't looked at the code in a decade, so suggested asking the community.
I've attached a minimal working example to illustrate the point.
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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{harvard}
\begin{document}
%first appearence: long form (default behaviour)
1.\\
\cite{Perera_2003_918}\\
\cite{Perera_2004_915}\\
\cite{Perera_2004_920}
%second appearence: should be abbr. form (default behaviour)
% last two refs stay long as they can be confused
2.\\
\cite{Perera_2003_918}\\
\cite{Perera_2004_915}\\
\cite{Perera_2004_920}
%try to force abbr. ref.
% last two stay as long refs, even if forced to abbr.
3.\\
\cite**{Perera_2003_918}\\
\cite**{Perera_2004_915}\\
\cite**{Perera_2004_920}
\begin{thebibliography}{xx}
\harvarditem{Perera, Blackford, Vance, Hanna, Finnie \harvardand\
Nicholson}{2004}{Perera_2004_920}
Perera, D.~S., Blackford, M.~G., Vance, E.~R., Hanna, J.~V., Finnie, K.~S.
\harvardand\ Nicholson, C.~L. \harvardyearleft 2004\harvardyearright .
\newblock Geopolymers for the immobilization of radioactive waste, {\em in}
J.~M. Hanchar, S.~Stroes-Gascoyne \harvardand\ L.~Browning (eds), {\em MRS
Proceedings - Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXVIII}, Vol.
824, p.~CC8.35.
\harvarditem{Perera, Nicholson, Blackford, Fletcher \harvardand\
Trautman}{2004}{Perera_2004_915}
Perera, D.~S., Nicholson, C.~L., Blackford, M.~G., Fletcher, R.~A. \harvardand\
Trautman, R.~L. \harvardyearleft 2004\harvardyearright .
\newblock Geopolymers made using new zealand flyash, {\em Journal of Ceramic
Society of Japan} {\bf 112}(4):~111--118.
\harvarditem[Perera et~al.]{Perera, Vance, Aly, Finnie, Hanna, Nicholson,
Trautman \harvardand\ Stewart}{2003}{Perera_2003_918}
Perera, D.~S., Vance, E.~R., Aly, Z., Finnie, K.~S., Hanna, J.~V., Nicholson,
C.~L., Trautman, R.~L. \harvardand\ Stewart, M. W.~A. \harvardyearleft
2003\harvardyearright .
\newblock Characterisation of geopolymers for the immobilisation of
intermediate level waste, {\em The 9th International Conference on
Radioactive Waste Management and Environmental Remediation}, Examination
School, Oxford, England.
\end{thebibliography}
\end{document}
