BIBTEX: Code Examples for NPS ThesesThe following codes are customized for NPS theses and are not intended for use with any other publisher or template. The NPS thesis LaTeX template comes prepackaged with a BibTeX tool and a bib file containing the examples below.
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Blog |
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Blog |
Always check your output against the Citation Guide example. Use misc class. author = "J. Locke", title = "Effect of weird tails in 35mm Innsmouth sprocket periodicity distributions on re-tiered bicyclical phase shifting using {C}thulhean logic", month = "Dec. 22,", year = "2020 [Online]", howpublished = "Thing’s Credible!, blog", url = "https://wrywhisker.pulpfriction.net/wallcrust/linear-colinear-felinear.html" } |
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Book |
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Book Chapter One author, two editors |
Always check your output against the Citation Guide example. Use incollection class. author = "P. Haynes", editor = "D. Moran and J. A. Russel", title = "Al-{Q}aeda, oil dependence, and {U.S.} foreign policy", booktitle = "Energy Security and Global Politics: The Militarization of Resource Management", publisher = "Routledge", address = "New York, NY, USA", year = "2009", pages = "62--77" } |
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DOI or URL |
Always check your output against the Citation Guide example. Use ebook entry, with howpublished and URL declarations. author = "M. E. Bonds", title = "Absolute Music: The History of an Idea", howpublished = "Oxford University Press, New York, NY, USA, 2014 [Online].", url = "https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199343638.003.0004" } |
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From book provider |
Always check your output against the Citation Guide example. Normal ebook entry, with howpublished decorations. author = "A. Krishnan", title = "War as Business: Technological Change and Military Service Contracting", howpublished = "Aldershot, England: Ashgate, 2008 [Online]. Kindle edition" } |
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One author |
Always check your output against the Citation Guide example. Normal use of book class. author = "M. Pollan", title = "The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals", publisher = "Penguin", address = "New York, NY, USA", edition = "2nd ed.", year = "2006" } |
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Two authors with edition number |
Always check your output against the Citation Guide example. Normal use of book class. author = "A. Strindberg and M. Wärn", title = " Islamism: Religion, Radicalization and Resistance", publisher = "John Wiley and Sons", address = "Hoboken, NJ, USA", edition = "2nd ed.", year = "2011" } |
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In a series |
Always check your output against the Citation Guide example. Not just a book, but a part of a book portion (since there is page range), so the inbook class is more appropriate. If there were no pages, we could use book. editor = "M. Abramowitz and I. A. Stegun", title = "Handbook of Mathematical Functions", series = "Applied Mathematics Series 55", publisher = "NBS", address = "Washington, DC, USA", pages = "32--33", year = "1964" } |
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Portion |
Always check your output against the Citation Guide example. Normal use of inbook. author = "B. Orend", title = "Morality of War", publisher = "Broadview Press", address = "Tonawanda, NY, USA", edition = "2nd ed.", year = "2013", chapter = "2, sec.\ 3", pages = "67--70" } |
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Volume |
Always check your output against the Citation Guide example. Normal use of incollection for a chapter in a volume of collected works. author = "R. L. Myer", editor = "P. G. Harper and B. S. Wherret", title = "Parametric oscillators and nonlinear materials", booktitle = "Nonlinear Optics", publisher = "Academic Press", address = "San Francisco, CA, USA", year = "1977", volume = "4", pages = "47--160" } |
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Class Notes / Lecture / Presentation / Workshop |
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Class Notes / Lecture / Presentation / Workshop |
Always check your output against the Citation Guide example. Use misc title = "New applications in computational mechanics", organization = "Dept. of Mech. and Aerosp. Eng., Naval Postgraduate School", howpublished = "class notes for Computational Mechanics", address = "Monterey, CA, USA", year = "spring 2013" } |
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Computer Program / Software |
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Computer Program / Software |
Always check your output against the Citation Guide example. Variant of manual class. Note "and" between multiple authors and placement of "Online." author = "M. Borenstein and L. Hedges and J. Higgins and H. Rothstein", address = "Englewood, NJ, USA", title = "Comprehensive Meta-Analysis", howpublished = "ver. 2", year = "2005 [Online].", url = "http://www.meta-analysis.com" } |
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Conference Paper / Proceedings |
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Conference Proceedings (online) |
Always check your output against the Citation Guide example. Variant of inproceedings class. Note "and" between more than three authors and placement of "Online." author = "J. W. Morentz and C. Doyle and L. Skelly and N. Adam", title = "{Unified Incident Command and Decision Support (UICDS) a Department of Homeland Security initiative in information sharing}", booktitle = "2009 IEEE Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security", year = "2009 [Online].", url = https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/5168032 } |
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Conference Proceedings (print) |
Always check your output against the Citation Guide example. Normal use of inproceedings class. author = "I. Katz and K. Gabayan and H. Aghajan", title = "A multi-touch surface using multiple cameras", booktitle = "Adv. Conc. for Intell. Vis. Sys.: 9th Intl. Conf.", year = "2007", pages = "133--203" } |
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Paper Presented at Conference Unpublished |
Always check your output against the Citation Guide example. Use misc class. author = "K. Kirby and J. Stratton", title = "{V}an {A}llen probes: Successful launch campaign and early operations exploring earth's radiation belts", howpublished = "presented at IEEE Aerospace Conference", address = "Big Sky, MT, USA", year = "2013" } |
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Data Set / Database |
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Database Published |
Always check your output against the Citation Guide example. Normal use of electronic class. author = "{NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database}", organization = "Object name IRAS F00400+4059", url = "http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/", note = "Accessed Dec. 10, 2012" } |
Dictionary / Encyclopedia |
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Dictionary / Encyclopedia |
Always check your output against the Citation Guide example. Use misc class, placing most elements in howpublished. Note italics on dictionary name. title = "Metamorphosis", howpublished = {\emph{Merriam-Webster}. Accessed July 6, 2017 [Online]}, url = "https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/metamorphosis" } |
Fact Sheet |
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Fact Sheet |
Always check your output against the Citation Guide example. Use misc class, placing most elements in howpublished. Note italics on title. author = "{Texas Instruments}", howpublished = {\emph{LM555 timer}, SNAS548D, 2015 [Online]}, url = "https://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/lm555.pdf" } |
Government / Military Document |
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| Directive | |
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Directive |
Always check your output against the Citation Guide example. Follow the manual style. Note use of "Online" if found online. title = "The Defense Acquisition System", howpublished = "DOD Directive 5000.1", organization = "Under Secretary of Defense (AT\&L)", address = "Washington, DC, USA", year = "2003 [Online].", url = "http://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/ DD/issuances/dodm/857001m.pdf" } |
| Doctrine | |
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Doctrine |
Always check your output against the Citation Guide example. Follow the manual style. Note use of "Online" if found online. title = "Doctrine for the Armed Forces of the United States", howpublished = "JP-1", organization = "Joint Chiefs of Staff", address = "Washington, DC, USA", year = "2017 [Online].", url = "https://fas.org/irp/doddir/dod/jp1.pdf" } |
| Field Manual / Military Regulation | |
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Field Manual / Military Regulation |
Always check your output against the Citation Guide example. Follow the manual style. We add the section range as a note, since its not a normal page range. title = "Sniper Training", howpublished = "FM 23-10", organization = "U.S. Dept. of the Army", address = "Washington, DC, USA", year = "1995 [Online]", url = "https://www.bits.de/NRANEU/others/amd-us-archive/fm_23-10\%2894\%29.pdf" } |
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CRS or GAO Report |
Always check your output against the Citation Guide example. Variant of misc class. author = "M. C. Erwin", title = "Intelligence issues for Congress", address = "Washington, DC: USA", howpublished = "CRS Report No. RL33539", year = "2011 [Online].", url = "http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/intel/RL33539.pdf" } |
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Instruction |
Always check your output against the Citation Guide example. Follow the manual style. title = "Identification (ID) Cards Required by the Geneva Convention", howpublished = "DOD Instruction 1000.01", organization = "Department of Defense", address = "Washington, DC, USA", year = "2012", pages = "1-1, 1-10" } |
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Memorandum |
Always check your output against the Citation Guide example. Variant of misc class. Notice escaping for special characters in URL. author = "T. M. Takai", title = "Adoption of the national information exchange model within the {D}epartment of {D}efense", address = "Washington, DC: USA", howpublished = "official memorandum, {D}epartment of {D}efense, Washington, DC, USA", year = "2013 [Online].", url = "http://dodcio.defense.gov/Portals/0/Documents/2013-03-28\%20Adoption\%20of\%20the\%20NIEM\%20within\%20the\%20DoD.pdf" } |
Handbook |
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Always check your output against the Citation Guide example. Follows the manual style. title = "Transmission Systems for Communications", edition = "3rd", organization = "Western Elect. Co.", address = "Winston-Salem, NC, USA", year = "1985", pages = "44--60" } |
Journal Article |
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Online DOI or URL |
Always check your output against the Citation Guide example. Article entry populated with "[Online]" and URL in year field. author = "G. Sanico and M. Kakinaka", title = "Terrorism and deterrence policy with transnational support", journal = "Def. \& Peace Econ.", volume = "19", number = "2", year = "2018 [Online]. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/10242690701505419", month = Apr }
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Always check your output against the Citation Guide example. Normal use of article class. author = "W. Q. Wang and H. Shao", title = "High altitude platform multichannel {SAR} for wide-area and staring imaging", journal = "Aerosp. and Electron. Syst.", volume = "29", number = "25", month = mar, year = "2014", pages = "12--17" } |
Legal |
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Legislative Document |
Always check your output against the Citation Guide example. Variant of electronic with strange authors, use journal field to put title in italics. author = "{U.S. House. 102nd Congress, 1st Session}", journal = "H. Con. Res. 1, To Express the Sense of the Congress That Congress Must Approve Any Offensive Military Action Against Iraq", year = "1991", month = "Jan. 11", url = "https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/1?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22h.+con.+res.+1% 22%5D%7D&s=1&r=1" }
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Public Law Published in the U.S. Code |
Always check your output against the Citation Guide example. Variant of electronic with strange authors, most information in howpublished. author = "{Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990}", howpublished = "42 U.S.C. § 12101. 1991" } |
Map |
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Google Map |
Always check your output against the Citation Guide example. Use misc class, entering "[Online]" in year field. author = "Google", title = "Monterey Bay", month = "Accessed Jul. 6, 2017.", year = "[Online]", url = "https://www.google.com/maps/ place/Monterey+Bay/@36.7896106,-122.0843052,11z/data= !3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x808e0ccfc5859dfd:0x124654a608855d43!8m2!3d36.8007413!4d-121.947311" } |
Newspaper Article |
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Online |
Always check your output against the Citation Guide example. Use misc, entering "Online" in year. Note period and comma in month. author = "L. Linguine", title = "Animal fat shampoos for achieving angel hair", journal = "Knife and Spork Semi-Weekly", year = "2016 [Online]", month = "Jul. 15,", url = "http://www.chickenyodeling.com/dfjgp98y4t34_pherg899h.html/" } |
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Always check your output against the Citation Guide example. Variant of misc. Use italics in howpublished and comma in month. author = "J. Stulberg", title = "The art of creating crossword puzzles", howpublished = "\emph{The New York Times}", year = "2016", month = "Jul. 15," } |
Patent |
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Patent |
Always check your output against the Citation Guide example. Normal use of patent class. author = "A. G. Bell", title = "Improvement in telegraphy", nationality = "United States", number = "174465", day = "7", month = Mar, year = "1876", url = "https://www.google.com/patents/US174465" } |
Personal Communication |
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Email, Interview, Private Communication, etc. |
Always check your output against the Citation Guide example. Use misc class. author = "R. Ajanlekoko", howpublished = "private communication", year = "2009", month = "Sep." } |
Report |
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Research Report / Think Tank Report / White Paper |
Always check your output against the Citation Guide example. Use misc class, placing a lot of info in howpublished. author = "L. Dixon and N. Clancy and B. M. Miller and S. Hoegberg and M. M. Lewis and {B. Bender et al.}", title = "The cost and affordability of flood insurance in New York City", howpublished = "RAND Corp., Santa Monica, CA, USA, RR-1776-NYCEDC", year = "2017 [Online]", url = "https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR1700/RR1776/ RAND_RR1776.pdf" } |
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Technical Report Author given (online) |
Always check your output against the Citation Guide example. Use techreport class. author = "S. V. Effendi and X. Vilhjálmsson", title = "The absorption rate of potatoes in salmonella", institution = "Dept. Vet. Stud.", address = "Madison, WI, USA", number = "17-59", year = "2009 [Online]", url = "https://vetstudies.edu/donteatthosefries.html" } |
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Technical Report Author given (print) |
Always check your output against the Citation Guide example. Normal use of techreport class. author = "K. A. Abdulatipov and F. Ramazonov", title = "The absorption rate of E. coli in cats", institution = "Dept. Vet. Stud.", address = "Madison, WI, USA", number = "17-59", year = "2012" } |
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Technical Report Organization as author (online) |
Always check your output against the Citation Guide example. (Mis)use techreport class, place address in institution declaration. author = "{National Toxicology Program}", title = "Toxicology and carcinogenesis studies of trimethylolpropane triacrylate {(CASRN 15625-89-5) in F344/N rats and B6C3F1/N mice (Topical Application Studies)}", institution = "Washington, DC, USA", number = "TR-576", year = "2012 [Online]", url = "https://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/results/pubs/longterm/reports/longterm/tr500580 ?/listedreports/tr576/index.html" } |
Standard |
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Standard |
Standard:
Always check your output against the Citation Guide example. Standards fit well with manual class. title = "Letter Symbols for Quantities", howpublished = "ANSI Standard Y10.5", year = "1968" } |
Thesis / Dissertation |
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Dissertation (print) |
Always check your output against the Citation Guide example. Normal use of phdthesis class. author = "J. Rivera", title = "Software system architecture modeling methodology for naval gun weapon systems", school = "Dept. of Comp. Sci., Harvard Univ.", address = "Cambridge, MA, USA", year = "2010" } |
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Thesis From an institutional archive such as the NPS Archive: Calhoun |
Always check your output against the Citation Guide example. Use mastersthesis class. Enter "M.S. thesis" in type field. If online, enter "Online" in year declaration. author = "T. D. Moon", title = "Rising dragon: Infrastructure development and Chinese influence in Vietnam", school = "Dept. of Natl. Sec. Aff., NPS", address = "Monterey, CA, USA", type = "M.S. thesis", year = "1993 [Online]", url = "http://hdl.handle.net/10945/4694" } |
Unpublished / Informally Published Work |
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Unpublished Work Accepted for publication |
Always check your output against the Citation Guide example. Normal use of unpublished class. author = "R. Briscoe", title = "Egocentric spatial representation in action and perception", note = "unpublished" } |
Website / Webpage |
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Author and date given |
Always check your output against the Citation Guide example. Use misc class, entering "[Online]" in year field. author = "R. Roth", title = "75 years ago, the {D}oolittle {R}aid changed history", howpublished = "CNN", month = "Apr. 18,", year = "2017 [Online]", url = "http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/18/us/75th-anniversary-doolittle-raid/index.html" } |
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Organization as author |
Always check your output against the Citation Guide example. Use misc class. Use brackets around organization as author and enter "[Online]" in year field. author = {{Federal Bureau of Investigation}}, title = {Forging papers to sell fake art}, month = "Apr. 6,", year = "2017 [Online]", url = "https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/forging-papers-to-sell-fake-art" } |
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Organization as author, no date given |
Always check your output against the Citation Guide example. Use misc class, using double brackets around author to retain capitalization, entering period in title, entering "online" in howpublished. author = {{Department of Defense}}, title = {{About the Department of Defense (DOD).}}, howpublished = "Accessed Apr. 18, 2017 [Online]", url = "https://www.defense.gov/About/" } |
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Janes example |
Always check your output against the Citation Guide example. Use misc class, placing many elements in howpublished. title = "Mali: Executive summary", howpublished = {Jane's, May 31, 2017 [Online]}, url = "https://customer.janes.com/" } |
Wikipedia |
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Wikipedia |
Always check your output against the Citation Guide example. Use misc class, placing many elements in howpublished. Note italics command for "Wikipedia." title = "Psychology", howpublished = {\emph{Wikipedia}. Accessed May 17, 2011 [Online]}, url = "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychology" } |
Working Paper / Occasional Paper |
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Working Paper / Occasional Paper |
Always check your output against the Citation Guide example. Misc works well, placing many elements in howpublished. author = "U. Q. Sushi", title = "Three-handed {F}ibonacci model for optimizing surface-to-volume ratio of temaki in {H}ilbert space", howpublished = "working paper, Donburi Inst. of Int. Gastron, Pierre, SD, USA, 2021 [Online]", url = "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychology" } |
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