Can I use natbib in beamer, but omit the bibliography?

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Can I call references from my .bib file, but not put a huge bibliography at the end of my presentation? Or at least hide it in a bunch of slides that don't display?

I tend to think in terms of my .bib file handles and like the consistent formatting.

See: http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/31373/citations-with-no-bibliography-at-the-end/31378#31378 — Marco Daniel, Mar 31 '13 at 14:51

score 17 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 31 '13 at 14:44

This is yet another reason to use biblatex -- printing the bibliography is not mandatory.

\documentclass{beamer}

\usepackage[style=authoryear]{biblatex}

\usepackage{filecontents}

\begin{filecontents}{\jobname.bib}
@misc{A01,
  author = {Author, A.},
  year = {2001},
  title = {Alpha},
}
\end{filecontents}

\addbibresource{\jobname.bib}

\begin{document}

\begin{frame}{Frame title}
Some text \autocite{A01}.
\end{frame}

% Optional: Prints bibliography 
% \begin{frame}{References}
% \printbibliography
% \end{frame}

\end{document}

(The filecontents environment is only used to include some external files directly into the example, so that it compiles. It is not necessary for the solution.)

score 17 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 27 '12 at 16:45

17

Use <beamer:0> to hide any slide from the presentation:

\begin{frame}<beamer:0>
    \bibliographystyle{ieeetr}
    \bibliography{bibliography}
\end{frame}

This simple solution worked perfectly for me.

answered Nov 27 '12 at 16:45

mrucci

626

Wow. Thanks! I still haven't made the switch to biblatex (and likely won't) so this is handy. – Richard Herron Nov 27 '12 at 17:13

score 3 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:35

3

You could try this. Put in:

\usepackage{comment}

Process the file once including the full bibliography. Then run bibtex. Now put in:

\excludecomment{thebibliography}

Run (pdf)latex again, and the bibliography will not be printed (merely treated as a "comment"). Unfortunately, you'll need to remove this (or comment this out) the next time, and then re-add it in alternation to keep things in order, but if you wait until you have your final document ready and then put it in, you should be OK.

This basic idea is stolen from this question.

(Somewhat unrelated, I find that I need to manually define \newblock to get natbib working with beamer, e.g., \newcommand{\newblock}{}.)

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:35

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answered Feb 08 '11 at 06:14

frabjous

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Thanks! I think in this case the biblatex answer is best for me, but your's is good for my toolbox. – Richard Herron Feb 09 '11 at 16:07
see http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/1969/beamer-and-natbib for the natbib/beamer problem – naught101 Apr 29 '12 at 07:44

Can I use natbib in beamer, but omit the bibliography?

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