I've been dabbling with biblatex
because I'm using TeXpad on the iPad. I have managed, I think, except for one thing: the final references are all numbered in the sequence they were used rather than alphabetically. I tried [labelnumber=false]
but that just had []
preceding entries;). I also can't work out how to suppress the URL field.
Simple example: I'm getting this:
[1] Mary Douglas. How institutions think. 1st. Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press, 1986. url: http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9 780415684781/.
When I want:
M. Douglas (1986). How institutions think. Syracuse
University Press, Syracuse, N.Y., 1st edn.
Also, this should be ordered under Douglas
.
All the other questions I've found relate only to citing within the actual text, not the final reference list.
— added after first response.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[style=authoryear]{biblatex}
\usepackage{filecontents}
\begin{filecontents}{textest.bib}
@BOOK{douglas1986a,
author = {Douglas, Mary},
title = {How Institutions Think},
year = {1986},
publisher = {Syracuse UP},
address = {Syracuse, NY},
url = {http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415684781}
}
\end{filecontents}
\addbibresource{textest.bib}
\begin{document}
Religion does not explain. Religion has to be explained. \autocite{douglas1986a}.
\printbibliography
\end{document}
I think, given my workload, that working through to specify the details of the output is going to be more than I can do with my deadline so I'll tinker on the next paper, and keep a note of your advice for then…
Best Answer
biblatex
implements the two major versions of so-called Harvard style (author-date and author-title) in itsauthoryear
andauthortitle
schemes, both of which in turn come in a variety of sub-flavours (authoryear-ibid
etc.). You might want to have a look at the examples, choose the scheme that best suits your needs, and then customize as necessary. As jon suggested, plainauthoryear
with no extras might be a good starting point.that's managed via the
url
option: