[Tex/LaTex] BibTeX style always uses ampersand regardless of choice in makebst

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I've now twice generated a bst file using makebst. Regardless of my choice when asked whether to use "and" or "&" for 3+ authors in the reference list, the style always uses "&". I would very much prefer "and" to be spelled out. Any idea how to fix this? I am using harvard, not natbib, but could be persuaded to change.

What initially led me to generate a new style was that kluwer.bst which I was previously using somehow didn't use "et al." for in-text citations (again for sources with 3+ authors) when the publication type is tech report but instead put all names into the citation, while it works fine for articles. A remedy for that would also be helpful.

I've looked into the .bst files, but I have really no idea what to change. Any help or hints towards a solution would be greatly appreciated as I really have to finish this article.

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The harvard package defines a command \harvardand which, depending on the style, is set to '&'. This can be changed to 'and' with:

\renewcommand*{\harvardand}{and}

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Here is a code using biblatex that seems to fulfill the requirements:

        \documentclass[german]{article}%mkbib
        \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
        \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
        \usepackage{lmodern}
        \usepackage{babel}%
        \usepackage{csquotes}
        \usepackage{xpatch}
        \usepackage[backend=biber, style=authoryear, firstinits, mergedate=false]{biblatex}

        \addbibresource{marcedb.bib}
        %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
        \renewcommand*{\multinamedelim}{\addsemicolon\space}
        \renewcommand*{\subtitlepunct}{\addcolon\space}
        \renewcommand*{\newunitpunct}{\addcomma\space}
        \renewcommand*{\finentrypunct}{\addperiod}
        \renewcommand*{\revsdnamepunct}{\addcomma\space}%
        \renewcommand*{\finalnamedelim}{\multinamedelim}
        \renewcommand*{\mkbibnamelast}[1]{\textsc{#1}}%
        %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
        \DeclareNameAlias{sortname}{last-first}
        \DeclareNameFormat{last-first}{%
          \iffirstinits
            {\mkbibbold{\usebibmacro{name:last-first}{#1}{#4}{#5}{#7}}}%
            {\mkbibbold{\usebibmacro{name:last-first}{#1}{#3}{#5}{#7}}}%
          \usebibmacro{name:andothers}}

        \renewcommand*{\labelnamepunct}{\bfseries\addcolon\space}

        \renewbibmacro*{date+extrayear}{}%

        \renewbibmacro*{date}{%
        \mkbibparens{\printdate}}%

        \renewbibmacro*{issue+date}{%
                \printtext{\usebibmacro{date}}
                \setunit*{\addcomma\space}
                \printfield{issue}
         \newunit}

        \renewbibmacro*{series+number}{%
         \addcomma\space
         \iffieldundef{series}{}{\printtext[parens]{\printfield{series}%
          \setunit*{\addsemicolon\space}%
          \printfield{number}}}%
          \newunit}

        \renewbibmacro*{publisher+location+date}{%
          \printlist{location}%
          \iflistundef{publisher}{}%
          {\addspace\printtext{u.a.:}}
          \printlist{publisher}%
          \addspace%
          \usebibmacro{date}%
          \newunit}

        \xpatchbibmacro{byeditor+others}%
        {\usebibmacro{byeditor+othersstrg}%
             \setunit{\addspace}%
             \printnames[byeditor]{editor}%
             \clearname{editor}%
             \newunit}%
        {\printnames[byeditor]{editor}%
             \clearname{editor}%
             \setunit{\addspace}
             \mkbibparens{Ed\addperiod}%
             \newunit}%

        \xpatchbibdriver{inbook}{%
          \newunit\newblock
        \usebibmacro{maintitle+booktitle}%
          \newunit\newblock
          \usebibmacro{byeditor+others}}%
          {%
          \iffieldundef{bybookauthor}{}%
         { \newunit\newblock}%
          \usebibmacro{byeditor+others}%
          \setunit{\addcolon\space}\newblock
          \usebibmacro{maintitle+booktitle}}%
          {}{}%

        \renewbibmacro*{journal+issuetitle}{%
          \usebibmacro{journal}%
          \setunit*{\addcomma\space}%
          \iffieldundef{series}
            {}
            {\newunit
             \printfield{series}%
             \setunit{\addspace}}%
          \usebibmacro{volume+number+eid}%
          \setunit{\addspace}%
          \usebibmacro{issue+date}%
          \setunit{\addcolon\space}%
          \usebibmacro{issue}%
          \newunit}

            \begin{document}

             \nocite{*}
              \printbibliography

            \end{document}

and the result: enter image description here

[Tex/LaTex] Apalike but sort by last name of first author and year

With a bit of playing around it is possible to get apalike.bst to sort entries only by the first author and then directly year and title.

The procedure to modify apalike.bst is as follows.

Locate apalike.bst on your machine. You can do this by typing kpsewhich apalike.bst into the command line/terminal. Alternatively, obtain a copy of the file from CTAN http://mirrors.ctan.org/biblio/bibtex/base/apalike.bst
Copy the file to a location where TeX can find it. The document directory will do fine. See also https://texfaq.org/FAQ-inst-wlcf
Rename the file to apalike-onesort.bst, say (the license of apalike.bst requires you to change the name if you modify the file)

Find FUNCTION {sort.format.names} (ll. 914-934) and replace the entire function with the much shorter

FUNCTION {sort.format.names}
{ 's :=
  s num.names$ #0 >
    { s #1 "{vv{ } }{ll{ }}{  f{ }}{  jj{ }}" format.name$ sortify }
    { "" }
  if$
}

Add a comment with your name, the current date and a short description of the changes to the top of the file.
Use \bibliographystyle{apalike-onesort} instead of \bibliographystyle{apalike} in your document.

As alternative for steps 1 to 5 you can obtain the patched version of the file at https://gist.github.com/moewew/952669080e9cbc20f987d3ed42cf6606

With the new apalike-onesort.bst your MWE produces a bibliography sorted only by first author, then year and then title.

If you want to sort all one-author items first, then all two-author items and finally all three-or-more-author items, replace the function with

FUNCTION {sort.format.names}
{ 's :=
  s num.names$ #0 >
    {
       s #1 "{vv{ } }{ll{ }}{  f{ }}{  jj{ }}" format.name$ sortify
       s num.names$
       duplicate$ #3 <
         { int.to.str$ * }
         {
           pop$
           "3" *
         }
       if$
    }
    { "" }
  if$
}

this adds "1", "2" or "3" after the author name for sorting and forces the desired scheme.

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