IET Electronics Letter template uses bibitem for reference. However, I want to use BiBtex file (.bib) i.e. a separate file for reference. Please suggest how I can use .bib file in the Latex file?
[Tex/LaTex] how to use bibtex in IET Electronics letter Latex template
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Related Solutions
The newlfm class or the scrlttr2 class (from the KOMA-Script bundle) could be an option.
EDIT: here's a simple example adapted from Matthew J. Miller's template
\documentclass[10pt,stdletter,dateno]{newlfm}
\usepackage{kpfonts}
\usepackage{url}
\widowpenalty=1000
\clubpenalty=1000
\newlfmP{headermarginskip=20pt}
\newlfmP{sigsize=50pt}
\newlfmP{dateskipafter=20pt}
\newlfmP{addrfromphone}
\newlfmP{addrfromemail}
\PhrPhone{Phone}
\PhrEmail{Email}
\namefrom{Matthew J.\ Miller}
\addrfrom{%
\today\\[10pt]
439 Coordinated Science Laboratory\\
1308 West Main Street\\
Urbana, IL 61801
}
\phonefrom{217-244-6024}
\emailfrom{mjmille2@uiuc.edu}
\addrto{%
Faculty Search Committee\\
Department of Computer Science\\
Clemson University\\
Clemson, SC 29634-0974}
\greetto{To Whom It May Concern,}
\closeline{Sincerely,}
\begin{document}
\begin{newlfm}
I am writing to apply for the position of assistant
professor in Clemson University's Computer Science Department. I plan to receive my
Ph.D.\ degree from the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign in Summer of 2006. My adviser is
Prof.\ Nitin H.\ Vaidya, and my general areas of interest
include wireless and sensor network performance and security.
Having many friends and family in the area, I would be
most enthused to return to the South permanently by accepting
a position at your institution.
In my graduate work, I focus on the design of
energy-efficient protocols and secure key distribution.
More specifically, I have explored various techniques at
multiple layers of the network stack to effectively reduce
the energy consumption of wireless communication. In security,
my work was the first to propose leveraging channel diversity
for sensor network key distribution. My research appears in
the \textit{IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing} journal as
well as \textit{Infocom 2006} and \textit{ICDCS 2005},
prestigious conferences in the areas of networking and distributed
systems, respectively.
Enclosed is my curriculum vitae (including a list of
publications), contact information for my references, a research
statement, and a teaching statement. All of my publications and
presentations are available at:
\url{http://www.crhc.uiuc.edu/~mjmille2/publications/}
Please let me know if there are any other materials
or information that will assist you in processing my application.
Thank you for your consideration. I look forward to
hearing from you.
\end{newlfm}
\end{document}
Taking the definition from the article class, I get good results with
\begin{filecontents}{letter.bib}
@article{First,
author = "Other, A. N.",
title = "Some things {I} did",
journal = "J. Irreproducible Results",
year = "2011"
}
@article{Second,
author = "Aaa, S{\o}mebloke",
title = "Tigers",
journal = "Ann. Improbable Res.",
year = "2011"
}
\end{filecontents}
\documentclass{letter}
\makeatletter
\newenvironment{thebibliography}[1]
{\list{\@biblabel{\@arabic\c@enumiv}}%
{\settowidth\labelwidth{\@biblabel{#1}}%
\leftmargin\labelwidth
\advance\leftmargin\labelsep
\usecounter{enumiv}%
\let\p@enumiv\@empty
\renewcommand\theenumiv{\@arabic\c@enumiv}}%
\sloppy
\clubpenalty4000
\@clubpenalty \clubpenalty
\widowpenalty4000%
\sfcode`\.\@m}
{\def\@noitemerr
{\@latex@warning{Empty `thebibliography' environment}}%
\endlist}
\newcommand\newblock{\hskip .11em\@plus.33em\@minus.07em}
\makeatother
\begin{document}
\begin{letter}{Some person}
\opening{Hello}
Some text \cite{First}, more text \cite{Second}.
\bibliographystyle{unsrt}
\bibliography{letter}
\end{letter}
\end{document}
I've used the unsrt style here, as plain would put the references in alphabetical rather than citation order. I've also modified the definition of thebiliography a little, removing the section-related stuff as this does not really seem relevant to a letter. (I also took out the code related to the openbib option for the article class, again as it does not seem relevant.)
The second edit to the question asks about natbib. For me, this works if I load natbib after defining thebiliography and if I make \bibsection 'safe':
\begin{filecontents}{letter.bib}
@article{First,
author = "Other, A. N.",
title = "Some things {I} did",
journal = "J. Irreproducible Results",
year = "2011"
}
@article{Second,
author = "Aaa, S{\o}mebloke",
title = "Tigers",
journal = "Ann. Improbable Res.",
year = "2011"
}
\end{filecontents}
\documentclass{letter}
\makeatletter
\newenvironment{thebibliography}[1]
{\list{\@biblabel{\@arabic\c@enumiv}}%
{\settowidth\labelwidth{\@biblabel{#1}}%
\leftmargin\labelwidth
\advance\leftmargin\labelsep
\usecounter{enumiv}%
\let\p@enumiv\@empty
\renewcommand\theenumiv{\@arabic\c@enumiv}}%
\sloppy
\clubpenalty4000
\@clubpenalty \clubpenalty
\widowpenalty4000%
\sfcode`\.\@m}
{\def\@noitemerr
{\@latex@warning{Empty `thebibliography' environment}}%
\endlist}
\newcommand\newblock{\hskip .11em\@plus.33em\@minus.07em}
\makeatother
\usepackage[numbers]{natbib}
\let\bibsection\relax
\begin{document}
\begin{letter}{Some person}
\opening{Hello}
Some text \cite{First}, more text \cite{Second}.
\bibliographystyle{unsrtnat}
\bibliography{letter}
\end{letter}
\end{document}
Best Answer
Find the iet.bst file in the following archive:
http://digital-library.theiet.org/files/IET_ResearchJournals_latex.zip
Then use this style along with your .bib file to get the references in IET style.
EDIT
Here is a modified version for IET Electronic letters: iet.bst