FAQ:

What are the common entry types in bibtex? What are the mandatpory and optional fields they need.

Answer:

Here's a list of some entry types:

@Article{
   author = {},
   title = {},
   journal = {},
   year = {},
%  volume = {},
%  number = {}, 
%  pages = {},
%  month = {}, 
}

@Book{
   author = {}, % or 
   editor = {}, 
   title = {}, 
   publisher = {}, 
   year = {}, 
%  volume = {}, % or 
%  number = {}, 
%  series = {}, 
%  address = {}, 
%  edition = {}, 
%  month = {}, 
}

@Booklet{
   title = {},
%  author = {},
%  howpublished = {}, 
%  address = {}, 
%  month = {}, 
%  year = {}, 
}

@InBook{
   author = {}, % or 
   editor = {},
   title = {}, 
   chapter = {}, % and/or
   pages = {}, 
   publisher = {}, 
   type = {}, 
   year = {},
%  volume = {}, % or 
%  number = {}, 
%  series = {}, 
%  address = {}, 
%  edition = {}, 
%  month = {},
}

@InCollection{
   author = {}, 
   title = {}, 
   booktitle = {}, 
   publisher = {}, 
   year = {}, 
%  editor = {},
%  volume = {}, % or
%  number = {},
%  type = {}, 
%  series = {},
%  edition = {},
%  chapter = {},
%  pages = {},
%  address = {},
%  month = {},
}

@InProceedings{
   author = {},
   title = {},
   booktitle = {},
   year = {},
%  editor = {},
%  volume = {}, % or 
%  number = {},
%  organization = {},
%  series = {},
%  pages = {},
%  publisher = {},
%  address = {},
%  month = {},
}

@Manual{
   title = {}, 
%  author = {},
%  organization = {},
%  address = {},
%  edition = {},
%  month = {},
%  year = {},
}

@MastersThesis{
   author = {},
   title = {},
   school = {},
   year = {}, 
%  address = {},
%  month = {},
%  type = {},
}

@Misc{
% one of the optional fields is mandatory 
%   author = {},
%   title = {},
%   howpublished = {},
%   month = {},
%   year = {},
}

@PhdThesis{
   author = {},
   title = {},
   school = {},
   year = {}, 
%  address = {},
%  month = {},
%  type = {},
}

@Proceedings{
   title = {},
   year = {}, 
%  editor = {},
%  publisher = {}, 
%  volume = {}, % or 
%  number = {}, 
%  organization = {},
%  series = {}, 
%  address = {},
%  month = {},
}

@TechReport{
   author = {},
   title = {}, 
   institution = {},
   year = {}, 
%  type = {}, 
%  number = {}, 
%  address = {}, 
%  month = {},
}

@Unpublished{
   author = {},
   title = {},
   note = {}, 
%  month = {}, 
%  year = {},
}

Unless marked otherwise the following fields are optional:

• abstract
• annote
• crossref
• keywords
• key
• note
• url
• howpublished

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-- MichaelDaum -- 10 Nov 2004