In the following section you see how different bibtex styles look in the resulting PDF. The style is defined in the \bibliographystyle{style} command where style is to be replaced with one of the following styles (e.g. alpha, etc.). The following bibliography inputs were used to generate the result:
@article{article,
author = {Peter Adams},
title = {The title of the work},
journal = {The name of the journal},
year = 1993,
number = 2,
pages = {201-213},
month = 7,
note = {An optional note},
volume = 4
}
@book{book,
author = {Peter Babington},
title = {The title of the work},
publisher = {The name of the publisher},
year = 1993,
volume = 4,
series = 10,
address = {The address},
edition = 3,
month = 7,
note = {An optional note},
isbn = {3257227892}
}
@booklet{booklet,
title = {The title of the work},
author = {Peter Caxton},
howpublished = {How it was published},
address = {The address of the publisher},
month = 7,
year = 1993,
note = {An optional note}
}
@conference{conference,
author = {Peter Draper},
title = {The title of the work},
booktitle = {The title of the book},
year = 1993,
editor = {The editor},
volume = 4,
series = 5,
pages = 213,
address = {The address of the publisher},
month = 7,
organization = {The organization},
publisher = {The publisher},
note = {An optional note}
}
@inbook{inbook,
author = {Peter Eston},
title = {The title of the work},
chapter = 8,
pages = {201-213},
publisher = {The name of the publisher},
year = 1993,
volume = 4,
series = 5,
address = {The address of the publisher},
edition = 3,
month = 7,
note = {An optional note}
}
@incollection{incollection,
author = {Peter Farindon},
title = {The title of the work},
booktitle = {The title of the book},
publisher = {The name of the publisher},
year = 1993,
editor = {The editor},
volume = 4,
series = 5,
chapter = 8,
pages = {201-213},
address = {The address of the publisher},
edition = 3,
month = 7,
note = {An optional note}
}
@manual{manual,
title = {The title of the work},
author = {Peter Gainsford},
organization = {The organization},
address = {The address of the publisher},
edition = 3,
month = 7,
year = 1993,
note = {An optional note}
}
@mastersthesis{mastersthesis,
author = {Peter Harwood},
title = {The title of the work},
school = {The school of the thesis},
year = 1993,
address = {The address of the publisher},
month = 7,
note = {An optional note}
}
@misc{misc,
author = {Peter Isley},
title = {The title of the work},
howpublished = {How it was published},
month = 7,
year = 1993,
note = {An optional note}
}
@phdthesis{phdthesis,
author = {Peter Joslin},
title = {The title of the work},
school = {The school of the thesis},
year = 1993,
address = {The address of the publisher},
month = 7,
note = {An optional note}
}
@proceedings{proceedings,
title = {The title of the work},
year = 1993,
editor = {Peter Kidwelly},
volume = 4,
series = 5,
address = {The address of the publisher},
month = 7,
organization = {The organization},
publisher = {The name of the publisher},
note = {An optional note}
}
@techreport{techreport,
author = {Peter Lambert},
title = {The title of the work},
institution = {The institution that published},
year = 1993,
number = 2,
address = {The address of the publisher},
month = 7,
note = {An optional note}
}
@unpublished{unpublished,
author = {Peter Marcheford},
title = {The title of the work},
note = {An optional note},
month = 7,
year = 1993
}
Some examples are given blew: