BibTeX, biblatex and biber ⇒ Can't arrange references

[jcmt_pico]

I there,
I'm having problems with my reference list...
I would like the author name to appear like:
Author name is Rui P. Salgado.
And I would like it to appear in the references like Salgado, Rui P.
I've tried some different ways, but i'm not being able to make it work

Other problem I have, is to sort the references by author name from A-Z with the URL references last...

Does anybody know how

[frabjous]

You need to use a different bibliography style file (bst). There are hundreds available. If you can't find one you like, you can make your own by running:

latex makebst

from the commandline and make your choices.

[jcmt_pico]

The .bst language to edit it seams a bit complex to use....
May main point in using bibtex, is to use natbib package, in order to use \citet instead of \cite...
Is there any way of using natbib with out using bibtex
Every time I try to run natbib package without using bibtex references a message appears saying that my references list is not compatible

[frabjous]

Yes you can use natbib without using BibTeX, though it’s a bit harder that way. Put \usepackage{natbib} at the beginning of course, and then, assuming you want author-date references, you need to create a thebibliography environment at the end that looks like this:

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\begin{thebibliography}{99}

\bibitem[Holloway(1999)]{holloway1999} Holloway, Richard (1999), \textit{Godless Morality: Keeping Religion Out of Ethics}, Edinburgh: Canongate Books, 1999.

\end{thebibliography}

That is, each \bibitem entry should take the form:

\bibitem[Name-to-appear-in-citations(date-to-appear-in-citations)]{citation-key} Bib entry as it should appear in bibliography.

Or if the author list of an entry is long you can use:

\bibitem[Abbreviated-author-list-using-et al.(date)full- authorlist]{citation-key} Bib entry

Details in the natbib documentation.

I’d much rather use BibTeX personally. You don’t need to know the bst language to run latex makebst. It just asks you a bunch of multiple choice questions about how you want your bibliography organized.

[jcmt_pico]

Thank you,
actually doing the way you said, I avoid using natbib... a simple \cite{} do the trick