When I use the \begin{thebibliography} command, I get it as a chapter. How can I get rid of that?

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I want to include a reference list at the end of my report, but when I use the command \begin{thebibliography}, I get a heading which says "Chapter 1". Here is an example:

\renewcommand{\bibname}{References}
\begin{thebibliography}{10}
\bibitem{notes} John W. Dower {\em Readings compiled for History 21.479.} 1991.
\bibitem{impj}  The Japan Reader {\em Imperial Japan 1800-1945} 1973: Random House, N.Y.
\end{thebibliography}

The \renewcommand{\bibname}{} just removes the "Bibliography" title. On the top of the page it still says "Chapter 1" (because I use the \chapter*{chaptername} command). I know that the report class will define bibliography as a chapter, and the article class will define it as a section, but I am dependent on using the report class. Thanks in advance!!

Welcome to TeX.SX! Please help us help you and add a minimal working example (MWE) that illustrates your problem. Reproducing the problem and finding out what the issue is will be much easier when we see compilable code, starting with \documentclass{...} and ending with \end{document}. — Tyler, Feb 23 '16 at 18:50
By the way: \em is one of the outdated commands. You should use \emph{...} instead — , Feb 23 '16 at 19:08

score 2 · Answer 1 · 2016-02-23T19:08:20.310

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Try to use the tocbibind package. It will choose the correct style of chapter/section heading for the bibliography section.

\documentclass{report}


\usepackage{tocbibind}

\begin{document}
\renewcommand{\bibname}{References}
\begin{thebibliography}{10}
\bibitem{notes} John W. Dower {\emph{Readings compiled for History 21.479.}} 1991.
\bibitem{impj}  The Japan Reader {\emph{Imperial Japan 1800-1945}} 1973: Random House, N.Y.
\end{thebibliography}

\end{document}

edited Feb 23 '16 at 19:08

answered Feb 23 '16 at 18:55

In principle, tocbibind shouldn't be necessary at all if \bibliography would be used, but the whole document is only fragmented, so the question is unclear – Feb 23 '16 at 19:10

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 23 '16 at 19:12

You can temporarily disable the \chapter functionality, porting it to whatever \section would do via

\let\chapter\section

If you need \chapter functionality after your bibliography, then it can also be restored:

\documentclass{report}

% Store \chapter functionality in \oldchapter
\let\oldchapter\chapter

\begin{document}

% Let \chapter act just like \section
\let\chapter\section
\renewcommand{\bibname}{References}
\begin{thebibliography}{10}
  \bibitem{notes} John W. Dower \emph{Readings compiled for History 21.479.} 1991.
  \bibitem{impj}  The Japan Reader \emph{Imperial Japan 1800-1945} 1973: Random House, N.Y.
\end{thebibliography}

%% Restore original \chapter functionality
%\let\chapter\oldchapter
\end{document}

When I use the \begin{thebibliography} command, I get it as a chapter. How can I get rid of that?

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