From: Alasdair McAndrew <amca01@gmail.com>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: A bibliography difficulty
Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 22:06:30 +1000 [thread overview]
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Thanks - I sorted it out by using a standard BibTeX .bib file. I was
trying to do it all in one file, and finding the bib module documentation
quite confusing. And for what it's worth, I'm using mkii.
-Alasdair
On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 4:09 PM, Andy Thomas <andythomas@web.de> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am not sure if I understand you correctly, but do you directly edit a
> bbl file? Normally, a .bib file is made by the user and ConTeXt (and LaTeX
> as well) generate the .bbl file for you. Your example works for me using
> the following code
>
>
> \setupbibtex[database={library}]
> \setuppublications[alternative=ams]
>
>
> \starttext
> Bla\cite{birn06}
>
> \placepublications[criterium=all]
> \stoptext
>
> with a .bib file containing
>
> @article{birn06,
> author = {Dieter Birnbache},
> title = {The Socratic method in teaching medical ethics: Potentials and
> limitations},
> year = {1999},
> journal = {Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy},
> volume = {2},
> issue = {3},
> pages = {219-224}
> }
>
> More information is on the wiki page:
> http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Bibliography, e.g. why you do not need to
> use a module any more.
>
>
>
> On May 30, 2012, at 6:58 AM, Alasdair McAndrew wrote:
>
> In my list of references, I can't get the author or title (of journal
> article) to print. In my .tex file, I have the following lines:
>
> \usemodule[bib]
> \setuppublications[alternative=ams,refcommand=num,numbering=yes]
>
> and in my .bbl file the (so far) only reference is:
>
> \startpublication[k=birn06,
> t=article,
> a=D.~Birnbache,
> y=1999]
> \author{Dieter}{}{Birnbache}
> \title{The Socratic method in teaching medical ethics: Potentials and
> limitations}
> \pubyear{1999}
> \journal{Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy}
> \volume{2}
> \issue{3}
> \pages{219-224}
> \stoppublication
>
> However, when I typeset the file, the reference list consists of
>
> [1] , Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy 2, 219 (1999).
>
> I'm a little confused about all the variables, commands and parameters.
> So - first, what am I doing wrong? Second, are there somewhere out there
> some example files of bibliography usage (I learn best by seeing what other
> people have done, and adapting that to my own ends)? Third: can I include
> the references in the body of the .tex file (as you can do with LaTeX and
> the thebibliography environment)?
>
> Thanks,
> Alasdair
>
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2012-05-30 4:58 Alasdair McAndrew
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