2.2 Important entry types
In the .bib file, where the sources are entered, they are divided into individual entry types. Each of these types has different components.
@book{Source1, % Book (monograph)
author = {},
title = {},
publisher = {},
year = {},
address = {},
edition = {},
isbn = {}
}
@article{Source2, % magazine article
author = {},
title = {},
journal = {},
year = {},
volume = {},
number = {},
pages = {},
doi = {}
}
@inproceedings{Source3, % Individual contribution in conference proceedings
author = {},
title = {},
booktitle = {},
year = {},
editor = {},
pages = {},
publisher = {},
address = {}
}
@incollection{Source4, % Chapter in anthology
author = {},
title = {},
booktitle = {},
editor = {},
publisher = {},
address = {},
year = {},
pages = {}
}
@proceedings{Source5, % Complete conference proceedings
editor = {},
title = {},
year = {},
publisher = {},
address = {}
}
@report{Source6, % Report (internal, public, technical)
author = {},
title = {},
institution = {},
year = {},
number = {},
address = {},
url = {}
}
@techreport{Source7, % Technical report (special report type)
author = {},
title = {},
institution = {},
year = {},
number = {},
address = {}
}
@phdthesis{Source8, % Doctoral thesis
author = {},
title = {},
school = {},
year = {},
address = {}
}
@mastersthesis{Source9, % Master's thesis
author = {},
title = {},
school = {},
year = {},
address = {}
}
@misc{Source10, % Anything that does not clearly fit into any category
author = {},
title = {},
year = {},
url = {},
note = {}
}
@online{Source11, % Only with biblatex (not with BibTeX)
author = {},
title = {},
year = {},
url = {},
urldate = {}
}
@manual{Source12, % Operating instructions, manuals
title = {},
author = {},
organization = {},
year = {},
url = {}
}
@unpublished{Source13, % Unpublished documents
author = {},
title = {},
note = {},
year = {}
}