How do I make my own format for a bibliography?

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Albie - 30 Mar 2008 16:46 GMT

I'm writing a paper and want to use a custom format for the bibliography.
Footnotes won't work, because many of the references are cited more than
once. Is there a way to define a bibliograpgy format, or to get around the
problem?

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grammatim - 30 Mar 2008 18:00 GMT

You can cite the same footnote (using its number) by inserting a cross
reference to the footnote.

But that doesn't seem to be what you're asking.

What do you mean by "custom format"? Something other than a parallel
to MLA, Chicago, APA, etc. etc. etc.?

> I'm writing a paper and want to use a custom format for the bibliography.
> Footnotes won't work, because many of the references are cited more than
> once. Is there a way to define a bibliograpgy format, or to get around the
> problem?

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Albie - 30 Mar 2008 18:51 GMT

> You can cite the same footnote (using its number) by inserting a cross
> reference to the footnote.
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> Yes, I need to use a format that is not like any of the options. There are approximately 200 references, so it is not feasible to modify them individually.

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grammatim - 30 Mar 2008 22:25 GMT

If all your references are already in some sort of database (e.g.
EndNote), then you follow the instructions that came with the database
for creating a new bibliography style.

If they're not, you modify them individually, as copyeditors have been
doing for centuries.

> > Yes, I need to use a format that is not like any of the options. There are approximately 200 references, so it is not feasible to modify them individually.-
>
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> > > once. Is there a way to define a bibliograpgy format, or to get around the
> > > problem?

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