[Tex/LaTex] Bibliography heading left alignment

bibtexhorizontal alignment

I am having following code, due to which the heading of bibliograpy/references is center align, if \titleformat{\chapter}[display] is removed then it is left justified but all the chapter heading is also left justified, I want chapter heading center align with bibliography heading left justified.

\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{report}
\usepackage{graphicx, subfigure}
\usepackage{amsmath}
%\renewcommand\bibname{References}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\makeatletter
\let\ps@plain\ps@fancy
\makeatother
\usepackage{titlesec}
\titleformat{\chapter}[display]
    {\normalfont\LARGE\bfseries\centering}{\chaptertitlename\ \thechapter}{5pt}{\LARGE}
\titlespacing*{\chapter}{0pt}{-30pt}{10pt}
\titleformat{\section}
    {\normalfont\normalsize\bfseries}{\thesection}{5pt}{\normalsize}
\titlespacing*{\section}{0pt}{2pt}{2pt}
\titleformat{\subsection}
    {\normalfont\normalsize\bfseries}{\thesubsection}{5pt}{\normalsize}
\titlespacing*{\subsection}{0pt}{0pt}{0pt}
\titleformat{\subsubsection}
    {\normalfont\normalsize\bfseries}{\thesubsubsection}{5pt}{\normalsize}
\titlespacing*{\subsubsection}{0pt}{0pt}{0pt}
\begin{document}
\include{chapter1}
\include{chapter2 }
\nocite{*}
\bibliographystyle{ieeetr}
\bibliography{xyz}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{References}
\end{document}

Best Answer

You can just repeat the definition of \chapter omitting \centeringmust before the \bibliography instruction, that is:

...
\titleformat{\chapter}[display]
    {\normalfont\LARGE\bfseries}{\chaptertitlename\ \thechapter}{5pt}{\LARGE}
\bibliographystyle{ieeetr}
\bibliography{xyz}

By the way, adding \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{References} after the bibliography produces a wrong result if the bibliography is longer than one page. It is better to use the tocbibind package to insert the bibliography/references in the table of contents

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Another possible solution:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{array}

\newcommand\MyHeadings[3]{%
  \multicolumn{2}{@{}p{0.45\textwidth}@{}}{#1}  & #2 & #3 \tabularnewline
}
\newcommand\Description[1]{%
  \textbullet & \multicolumn{3}{@{}p{0.97\textwidth}@{}}{#1}\tabularnewline}

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\noindent
\begin{tabular}{@{}p{0.03\textwidth}@{}p{0.42\textwidth}@{}p{0.3\textwidth}@{}>{\raggedleft}p{0.25\textwidth}@{}}
\MyHeadings{Avian Influenza}{Tamiflu}{Jan 2, 2011}
\Description{stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff}
\Description{stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff}
\MyHeadings{Chicken pox}{DrugXYZ}{Feb 3, 1998}
\Description{stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff}
\Description{stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff}
\end{tabular}

\end{document}

And yet another option: tabular is only used for the words requiring alignment, the descriptions are left to an itemize environment (customized with the help of enumitem):

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\usepackage{array}

\setitemize{leftmargin=*,nolistsep}
\newcommand\MyHeadings[3]{%
  \noindent\begin{tabular}  {@{}p{0.45\textwidth}@{}p{0.3\textwidth}@{}>{\raggedleft}p{0.25\textwidth}@{}}
    #1 & #2 & #3
\end{tabular}\par
}

\begin{document}

\MyHeadings{Avian Influenza}{Tamiflu}{Jan 2, 2011}
\begin{itemize}
  \item stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff
  \item stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff
\end{itemize}
\MyHeadings{Chicken pox}{DrugXYZ}{Feb 3, 1998}
\begin{itemize}
  \item stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff
  \item stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff
\end{itemize}


\end{document}

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