As far as I know, BibDesk saves data in a .bib
file, so you don't need to export anything, so long as the database is in a place readable by the TeX programs.
If you save your huge josh.bib
file created by BibDesk in the folder
~/Library/texmf/bibtex/bib
(create the structure if some of those folders don't exist, ~
represents your Home), then
\bibliography{josh}
in a LaTeX document will find all citations keys in that file.
Of course a \nocite{*}
command would list in the bibliography everything you have in the big database and here's where the "export" function is needed: you can create a particular database from the main one for a specific document. But that's by no means necessary.
Your question is a bit confused, because you have tagged it as Biblatex, but your reference to apalike
suggests you are using BibTeX.
First off, whichever system you are using, do not try to change the format of references by changing your .bib
file. That file just contains data. How it is formatted depends on other files. Each author should always and only be separate from the others by and
in that file.
For BibTeX
If you are using apalike
, follow the instructions given in this answer: https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/109226/5404, replacing " and "
with " \& "
in two places in the file. Be sure to rename the .bst
file.
For BibLaTeX
The biblatex-apa
style already uses ampersands (not "and") so there shouldn't be any change to make. If you do ever need to change the "&" or "and" in biblatex, follow the instructions given at Replace 'and' with ampersand in bibliography and parenthetical citations using BibLaTeX.
The essential trick is to redefine the \finalnamedelim
macro. A generally suitable definition is along these lines
\renewcommand*{\finalnamedelim}{%
\ifnumgreater{\value{liststop}}{2}{\finalandcomma}{}%
\addspace\&\space}%
The second line of that deals with the insertion of a comma before the final delimiter, a feature itself controlled by \finalandcomma
: if you don't want a comma, you can define that macro to produce nothing.
Best Answer
To cite a (music?) compact disc using BibTeX, you could use the
@misc
entry type (required fields: none; optional fields:author
,title
,howpublished
,month
,year
,note
). If you're willing and able to use the newerbiblatex
system, you could use the@audio
or (more specifically) the@music
entry types.