How to create a reading list?

Question

I'm trying to set up a reading list. For that, I want to have a command like \showfull(myReference), which then actually displays an extended reference that contains Author, year, title, journal some style, instead of referring to it as (author, year) and putting it into the bibliography.

So far I'm using natbib, so a solution using that (or at least no additional package) would be preferred.

What you want is easily done using package biblatex, the successor of all previous bibliography related packages out there for twenty years. The command is named fullcite. A change to biblatex will certainly be a good idea, except you have some complicated style made using makebst. — Johannes_B, Jun 06 '15 at 14:40
@Johannes_B fair enough, I've implemented that now. If you post it as an answer, I'll accept it. — FooBar, Jun 06 '15 at 18:29
If you want, you can post it as a self answer :-) There might even be a similar question on site. I'll look if i can find one. — Johannes_B, Jun 06 '15 at 19:02
Have a look at those two, both even explain the alternative using natbib. What is the most convenient way to create annotated bibliographies, e.g. in a literature review? and How can I list references from BibTeX file in-line with commentary? — Johannes_B, Jun 06 '15 at 19:07
@Johannes_B I have one issue with this solution though: \fullcite will give me all the information from the bib file, including information as link, abstract. Is there a way that allows me to format the information / choose how much I have, or only selects author, year, title, journal? — FooBar, Jun 06 '15 at 20:02
Sure there is, please specify it in the question. Right now, it asks for full cites ;-) — Johannes_B, Jun 06 '15 at 20:05
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score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 07 '15 at 11:50

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A very basic macro that uses biblatex and its citetitle feature.

foobarExtendedCite

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[style=authoryear]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{biblatex-examples.bib}
\newcommand{\extendedcite}[1]{\cite{#1}\space\citetitle{#1}}
\begin{document}
\extendedcite{aristotle:physics}

Some nice text
\extendedcite{aksin}
\printbibliography
\end{document}

answered Jun 07 '15 at 11:50

Johannes_B

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You can define more citecommands, but a fixed syntax isn't a very good idea. For example, a book does not have a journal title. – Johannes_B Jun 07 '15 at 12:00
I don't even need something very specific - I just don't want all the additional gibberish in my cite, such as abstract, link etc. – FooBar Jun 07 '15 at 12:15
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@FooBar You need to be a bit more specific. Please add a mimimal working example to the question. – Johannes_B Jun 07 '15 at 12:21

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 07 '15 at 12:37

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\fullcite almost got me where I wanted, but when loading bib latex as \usepackage[bibstyle=reading, doi=false,isbn=false,url=false]{biblatex}, this would also effect the output of fullcite and hence deliver a proper citation without all the additional fluff.

answered Jun 07 '15 at 12:37

FooBar

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You never mentioned style reading. – Johannes_B Jun 07 '15 at 12:54
@Johannes_B I just added that after scrolling through the biblatex manual. As I implied earlier, this is my first time with biblatex - I was natbib and chicago-style all until now. Apparently, I can get my old style back with \usepackage[doi=false,isbn=false,url=false]{biblatex-chicago}. Learning while doing :) – FooBar Jun 07 '15 at 12:57

How to create a reading list?

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