Editing BibTeX (section)

===Entry types===
A BibTeX database can contain the following types of entries:

;<code>article</code>
:An article from a journal or magazine.
:Required fields: <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">author, title, journal, year</span>
:Optional fields: <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">volume/number, pages, month, doi, note, key</span>
;<code>book</code>
:A book with an explicit publisher.
:Required fields: <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">author/editor, title, publisher, year</span>
:Optional fields: <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">volume/number, series, address, edition, month, note, key, url</span>
;<code>booklet</code>
:A work that is printed and bound, but without a named publisher or sponsoring institution.
:Required fields: <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">title</span>
:Optional fields: <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">author, howpublished, address, month, year, note, key</span>
;<code>conference</code>
:The same as <code>inproceedings</code>, included for [[Scribe (markup language)|Scribe]] compatibility.
;<code>inbook</code>
:A part of a book, usually untitled. May be a chapter (or section, etc.) and/or a range of pages.
:Required fields: <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">author/editor, title, chapter/pages, publisher, year</span>
:Optional fields: <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">volume/number, series, type, address, edition, month, note, key</span>
;<code>incollection</code>
:A part of a book having its own title.
:Required fields: <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">author, title, booktitle, publisher, year</span>
:Optional fields: <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">editor, volume/number, series, type, chapter, pages, address, edition, month, note, key</span>
;<code>inproceedings</code>
:An article in a conference proceedings.
:Required fields: <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">author, title, booktitle, year</span>
:Optional fields: <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">editor, volume/number, series, pages, address, month, organization, publisher, note, key</span>
;<code>manual</code>
:Technical documentation.
:Required fields: <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">title</span>
:Optional fields: <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">author, organization, address, edition, month, year, note, key</span>
;<code>mastersthesis</code>
:A [[Master's degree|master's]] [[thesis]].
:Required fields: <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">author, title, school, year</span>
:Optional fields: <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">type, address, month, note, key</span>
;<code>misc</code>
:For use when nothing else fits.
:Required fields: <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">none</span>
:Optional fields: <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">author, title, howpublished, month, year, note, key</span>
;<code>phdthesis</code>
:A [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] thesis.
:Required fields: <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">author, title, school, year</span>
:Optional fields: <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">type, address, month, note, key</span>
;<code>proceedings</code>
:The proceedings of a conference.
:Required fields: <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">title, year</span>
:Optional fields: <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">editor, volume/number, series, address, month, publisher, organization, note, key</span>
;<code>techreport</code>
:A report published by a school or other institution, usually numbered within a series.
:Required fields: <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">author, title, institution, year</span>
:Optional fields: <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">type, number, address, month, note, key</span>
;<code>unpublished</code>
:A document having an author and title, but not formally published.
:Required fields: <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">author, title, note</span>
:Optional fields: <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">month, year, key</span>