How do I change "References" title in APA6?

Question

I've a document that I have to write in spanish, therefore I've to change the title of "References" section to "Referencias I've used:

\renewcommand{\refname}{Referencias}
\renewcommand{\bibname}{Referencias}
\renewcommand{\mspart}{Referencias}

But none of them change it,

\renewcommand{\mspart}{Referencias}

Change the title to "ReferenciasReferences".

How can I change this title? (I am using BibTeX.)

Welcome to TeX.SX! You can have a look on our starter guide to familiarize yourself further with our format. — Claudio Fiandrino, Jul 20 '13 at 17:30
Have you seen How to change the name of document elements like “Figure”, “Contents”, “Bibliography” etc.? — Werner, Jul 20 '13 at 17:53
It looks like you've got two separate accounts, which means you cannot edit your original post or leave comments. The StackExchange staff can merge them together for you. — Werner, Jul 20 '13 at 17:54

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 20 '13 at 20:15

3

If you use babel you have to do nothing for changing the title:

%%% The filecontents* environment is only for making the example self-contained
\begin{filecontents*}{\jobname.bib}
@article{x,
 author={X Y},
 title={Z},
 journal={J},
 year={1000},
}
\end{filecontents*}

%%% Here starts the document
\documentclass{apa6}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} % recommended encoding
\usepackage[spanish]{babel}

\usepackage{natbib}

\begin{document}

\cite{x}

\bibliographystyle{apa}
\bibliography{\jobname} % use your bib file name

\end{document}

enter image description here

answered Jul 20 '13 at 20:15

egreg

1,121,712

What if one is not using babel, how can one change the "References" title. (We need to show it in all caps, yes, I know it is crazy). – alfC Mar 31 '14 at 07:14
@alfC \renewcommand{\refname}{REFERENCES} should do. – egreg Mar 31 '14 at 07:30
I mean in apa6, the question says such thing doesn't work with apa6 (and I can confirm that). – alfC Mar 31 '14 at 07:36
@alfC If I replace \usepackage[spanish]{babel} with \renewcommand{\refname}{REFERENCES} in the example above, I get ”REFERENCES“. If you use babel, then you should say \addto{\captionsenglish}{\renewcommand{\refname}{REFERENCES}} (with english replaced by the language you need). – egreg Mar 31 '14 at 07:46

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 11 '19 at 14:13

2

I know it is a very late answer, but maybe someone will find it helpful anyway.

This should work:

\renewcommand{\refname}{Referencias}
\printbibliography

For some reason when you renew the command in the preamble it does not work.

answered Oct 11 '19 at 14:13

sztal

121

1

Thnks for the precision "for some reason when you renew the command in the preamble it does not work"!! – elie520 Sep 20 '20 at 18:22

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:35

0

Had the same problem.

This is not a proper solution, but it worked for my purposes. Hope it will help in your case.

This chunk of code makes the Reference a separate section, which can be listed in Content. You can use \section*{} if you wish not to list it, of course.

\section{Referencias}
\renewcommand{\section}[2]{}
\printbibliography

Used the solution from https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/22654/51873

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:35

Community

1

answered Feb 22 '16 at 18:02

vdi

155

1

Why would you include \normalfont as part of your \section? That would, if successful, make its way into your ToC. And there's a difference in how \sections are formatted in the ToC compared to "other normal font components". – Werner Feb 22 '16 at 18:20
@Werner, I have got the wrong idea. It should be in bold, of course. I edited it. – vdi Feb 22 '16 at 18:26

How do I change "References" title in APA6?

3 Answers3