[Tex/LaTex] Citation/bib style with biblatex

biblatexbibliographies

I start diving into biblatex to handle my sources.

At the moment I am using the style=alphabetic. But for the cite command inside the text, I would like to have an output like [Smith 2005]. The bibliography should also show this key [Smith 2005], like it happens with the alphabetic style.

Is there already something appropriate style or do I need to do some tweaks?

— EDIT 1 —

Additionally to the customizations already made for the authoryear style, I would like to added the following

  1. For better reading, the entries in the bibliography should have a small indent after the first line (EDIT: Please ignore it, it is caused by the option parskip=half of the used document class scrbook)
  2. Editors should also be listed with last name, first name. For authors this I do with \DeclareNameAlias{sortname}{last-first}
  3. Repeating authors should not be replaced by a — in the bibliography.

My present configuration for biblatex is as follow:

    \RequirePackage{filecontents}
\begin{filecontents*}{\jobname.bib}
@book{smith1,
author={John Smith and Mike Someone},
title={The book with a very very very very very long title},
year={2005},
location={New York},
publisher={Publisher},
}

@book{smith2,
author={John Smith and Mike Someone},
title={The book2},
year={2006},
location={New York},
publisher={Publisher},
}

@incollection{Grasso2010,
    location = {New York},
    Author = {Grasso, D. and Burkins, M. D.},
    Booktitle = {Holistic Engineering Education -- Beyond Technology},
    Editor = {Grasso, D. and Burkins, M. D.},
    Pages = {1-10},
    Publisher = {Springer},
    Title = {Beyond Technology: The Holistic Advantage},
    Year = {2010},
}
\end{filecontents*}
\documentclass[12pt]{article}

\usepackage[style=authoryear,%
    backend=biber,%
    language=english,%
    backref=true,%
    maxcitenames=1,%
    maxbibnames=99,
    doi=true
    ]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{\jobname}
\DeclareNameAlias{sortname}{last-first}
\DeclareCiteCommand{\cite}[\mkbibbrackets]
    {\usebibmacro{prenote}}
    {\usebibmacro{citeindex}\usebibmacro{cite}}
    {\multicitedelim}
    {\usebibmacro{postnote}}
\setlength\bibitemsep{1em}
\renewcommand{\bibfont}{\small}

\begin{document}
\cite{smith1} \cite{smith2} \cite{Grasso2010}
\printbibliography
\end{document}

Thanks in advance for your support.
Christian

Best Answer

EDIT

Now I provide only the example.

\RequirePackage{filecontents}
\begin{filecontents*}{\jobname.bib}
@book{smith1,
author={John Smith and Mike Someone},
title={The book with a very very very very very long title},
year={2005},
location={New York},
publisher={Publisher},
}

@book{smith2,
author={John Smith and Mike Someone},
title={The book2},
year={2006},
location={New York},
publisher={Publisher},
}

@incollection{Grasso2010,
    location = {New York},
    Author = {Grasso, D. and Burkins, M. D.},
    Booktitle = {Holistic Engineering Education -- Beyond Technology},
    Editor = {Grasso, D. and Burkins, M. D.},
    Pages = {1-10},
    Publisher = {Springer},
    Title = {Beyond Technology: The Holistic Advantage},
    Year = {2010},
}
\end{filecontents*}
\documentclass[12pt]{article}

\usepackage[style=authoryear,%
    backend=biber,%
    language=english,%
    backref=true,%
    maxcitenames=1,%
    maxbibnames=99,
    doi=true,
    dashed=false
    ]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{\jobname}
\DeclareNameAlias{sortname}{last-first}
\DeclareNameAlias{default}{last-first}
\DeclareCiteCommand{\cite}[\mkbibbrackets]
    {\usebibmacro{prenote}}
    {\usebibmacro{citeindex}\usebibmacro{cite}}
    {\multicitedelim}
    {\usebibmacro{postnote}}
\setlength\bibitemsep{1em}
\renewcommand{\bibfont}{\small}

\begin{document}
\cite{smith1} \cite{smith2} \cite{Grasso2010}
\printbibliography
\end{document}

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