Bibliography and Citations in LaTeX

% Journal article
@article{smith2020,
  author = {Smith, John A. and Doe, Jane B.},
  title = {Advanced Machine Learning Techniques},
  journal = {Journal of Artificial Intelligence},
  year = {2020},
  volume = {45},
  number = {3},
  pages = {123--145},
  doi = {10.1234/jai.2020.45.123},
  url = {https://example.com/article},
  abstract = {This paper presents novel approaches to...}
}

% Book
@book{jones2021,
  author = {Jones, Alice M.},
  title = {Introduction to Data Science},
  publisher = {Academic Press},
  year = {2021},
  edition = {3rd},
  address = {New York},
  isbn = {978-0123456789},
  pages = {450}
}

% Book chapter
@incollection{brown2019,
  author = {Brown, Robert C.},
  title = {Statistical Methods in Research},
  booktitle = {Handbook of Research Methods},
  editor = {Wilson, Sarah D.},
  publisher = {Scientific Publishers},
  year = {2019},
  pages = {45--67},
  address = {London}
}

% Conference paper
@inproceedings{wilson2022,
  author = {Wilson, Mark E. and Taylor, Lisa F.},
  title = {Neural Networks for Image Classification},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on Machine Learning},
  year = {2022},
  pages = {234--245},
  address = {Vienna, Austria},
  publisher = {PMLR},
  month = {July}
}

% PhD thesis
@phdthesis{taylor2023,
  author = {Taylor, Emma R.},
  title = {Deep Learning Applications in Computer Vision},
  school = {Massachusetts Institute of Technology},
  year = {2023},
  type = {PhD thesis},
  address = {Cambridge, MA}
}

% Online source
@online{website2024,
  author = {Organization Name},
  title = {Important Guidelines},
  url = {https://example.com/guidelines},
  urldate = {2024-01-15},
  year = {2024}
}

% Technical report
@techreport{report2023,
  author = {Research Team},
  title = {Annual Technical Report},
  institution = {National Laboratory},
  year = {2023},
  number = {TR-2023-001},
  address = {Washington, DC}
}

% Parent entry (conference proceedings)
@proceedings{conference2024,
  title = {Proceedings of the International Conference},
  year = {2024},
  editor = {Editor, Name},
  publisher = {ACM},
  address = {New York}
}

% Child entries using crossref
@inproceedings{paper1_2024,
  author = {First, Author},
  title = {First Paper Title},
  pages = {1--10},
  crossref = {conference2024}
}

@inproceedings{paper2_2024,
  author = {Second, Author},
  title = {Second Paper Title},
  pages = {11--20},
  crossref = {conference2024}
}

% The crossref field automatically inherits:
% - booktitle from title
% - publisher, year, editor, address from parent

% Multi-volume book set
@mvbook{encyclopedia2024,
  author = {Editor, Chief},
  title = {Encyclopedia of Computer Science},
  year = {2024},
  volumes = {5},
  publisher = {Academic Press}
}

% Individual volume
@book{encyclopedia2024_vol2,
  author = {Editor, Chief},
  title = {Encyclopedia of Computer Science},
  year = {2024},
  volume = {2},
  maintitle = {Encyclopedia of Computer Science},
  mainsubtitle = {Complete Edition},
  publisher = {Academic Press}
}

% Reference within multi-volume work
@inbook{smith2024_encyclopedia,
  author = {Smith, John},
  title = {Machine Learning Fundamentals},
  booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Computer Science},
  year = {2024},
  volume = {3},
  pages = {234--267},
  publisher = {Academic Press},
  crossref = {encyclopedia2024}
}

% Good citation key patterns
@article{smith2020ml,          % author + year + topic
  author = {Smith, John},
  title = {Machine Learning Advances},
  year = {2020}
}

@book{johnson2021deeplearning, % author + year + keywords
  author = {Johnson, Mary},
  title = {Deep Learning Fundamentals},
  year = {2021}
}

@inproceedings{lee2024cvpr,    % author + year + venue
  author = {Lee, David},
  title = {Computer Vision Paper},
  booktitle = {CVPR},
  year = {2024}
}

% Avoid these patterns
@article{1,                    % Too generic
@article{ml_paper,             % No year/author info
@article{my_favorite_paper,    % Personal references
@article{temp,                 % Temporary names