Guide to LaTeX (4th Edition) (Tools and Techniques

314 Chapter 14. Bibliographic Databases and BIBT E X
@proceedings Entry for conference proceedings.
required fields title, year.
optional fields editor, volume or number, series, address,
month, organization, publisher, note.
@techreport Entry for a report published by a school or other institution,
usually as part of a series.
required fields author, title, institution, year.
optional fields type, number, address, month, note.
@unpublished Entry for an unpublished work with an author and title.
required fields author, title, note.
optional fields month, year.
Each entry type may also have the optional fields key and crossref.
The former provides additional information for alphabetizing the entries,
especially when the author information is missing. The author information
is normally found in the author field but may also be in the editor
or even organization fields. This key field has nothing to do with the
key for identifying the entry in the \cite command. The crossref field
gives the key for another entry in the database that shares many of the
information fields, as illustrated in Section 14.2.3.
14.2.2 The fields
The fields that may be used within a bibliographic entry are listed below
together with their meanings. They are always given in the form:
field name = {field text} or
field name = "field text"
address
The address of the publisher or other institution. For major
publishing houses, it is sufficient to give just the city. For smaller
publishers, giving the full address is recommended.
annote An annotation that may be used by non-standard bibliography
styles to produce an annotated bibliography. The standard BIBT E X
styles ignore it.
author The name(s) of the author(s) as described in Section 14.2.4.
booktitle
The title of a book when only part of it is being cited. See
Section 14.2.4 for special considerations on capitalization.
chapter
A chapter or section number.