Notes on how to share bibtex files. Construction of citation keys: @article Author:-- @inproceedings Author:- [no -, e.g, RIDT91] @incollection Author:-- @proceedings @book @...thesis Author:- @unpublished Author:-- @techreport Author:- or Author:-- To make abbrev, use initial letters from the first three or so important words in the title. If title has one word, probably better to abbreviate it than to use just a single letter, as in `SCI' rather than `S' for the journal `Science'. For books it probably doesn't matter much. Use \#, \&, \$ Use \allcaps journal string prefix `j-' publisher `pub-' publisher address `pub-:adr' institution `inst-' This book has a good collections of journal abbreviations: Coden for Periodical Titles, Volume 1, ASTM Data Series DS 23A, American Society for Testing and Materials, 1916 Race St, Philadelphia, PA 19103