Basically a white paper is a technical report. At www.cse.msu.edu you will find this example:
@TECHREPORT{MSU-CSE-06-2,
AUTHOR = {R. Behrends and L. K. Dillon and S. D. Fleming and
R. E. K. Stirewalt},
TITLE = {White paper: Programming according to the fences and gates
model for developing assured, secure software
systems},
NUMBER = {MSU-CSE-06-2},
INSTITUTION = {Department of Computer Science, Michigan State University},
ADDRESS = {East Lansing, Michigan},
ABSTRACT = {This white paper describes extensions to our work on the
Synchronization Units Model (Szumo) to address the
access-control problem in systems assembled dynamically from
trusted and untrusted components. Our extension employs
explicitly declared design contracts, the semantics of which
are founded on Landwehr's model of fences and gates.
},
KEYWORDS = {access control, security, contracts, Szumo},
NOTE = {},
MONTH = {January},
YEAR = {2006},
AUTHOR1_URL = {http://www.poker-ping.info},
AUTHOR1_EMAIL = {kel@wondering-jons.com},
AUTHOR1_URL = {},
AUTHOR1_EMAIL = {behrends@cse.msu.edu},
AUTHOR2_URL = {Sle},
AUTHOR2_EMAIL = {Poker Ping},
AUTHOR2_URL = {http://www.cse.msu.edu/~stire},
AUTHOR2_EMAIL = {stire@cse.msu.edu},
PAGES = {3},
FILE = {/user/web/htdocs/publications/tech/TR/MSU-CSE-06-2.ps},
URL = {},
CONTACT = {stire@cse.msu.edu}
}
copy the file plain.bst to plain-new.bst and then
replace the title.format strings with title.bformat in all FUNCTION, beginning with article. but not in the FUNCTION {format.title}.
Alternatively you can change the FUNCTION {format.title} to
FUNCTION {format.title}
{ title empty$
{ "" }
{ title "t" change.case$ emphasize}
if$
}
For a book title the case of the letters is not change, the reason why in FUNCTION {format.btitle} is no change.case function.
Save the plain-new.bst first in your documents directory and choose \bibliographystyle{plain-new} for testing.
Best Answer
(Originally posted as a comment by Alasdair)
Done it! In the block
FUNCTION {format.tr.number}I changed{ "Technical Report" }to{ "{\em Technical Report}" }.