[Solved] Bibtex export and curly brackets

maximeleroyer

Hi,
When I export my bibliography, "month" is exported without curly brackets.

@article{ex,
title = {ex},
volume = {00},
issn = {0000000},
doi = {00.0000/00000.00000},
language = {ex},
number = {11},
journal = {ex},
author = {ex},
month = nov,
year = {0000},
pages = {0000-0000}
}

Anyone had this issue before ?
Thank you

adamsmith

That's perfectly valid bibtex, though. Are you having any trouble with that?

maximeleroyer

I am new to LaTeX so it might be valid but it's the only field that does not have curly brackets. And when I try to compile my LaTeX (using Texmaker) I have a long error message, about the month field. Here is a taste of the error I have :

This is BibTeX, Version 0.99d (MiKTeX 2.9.6630 64-bit) The top-level auxiliary file: mainETS_francais.aux The style file: bibETS.bst Database file #1: biblio_fr.bib Warning--string name "oct" is undefined --line 5 of file biblio_fr.bib Warning--I didn't find a database entry for "NestleFrance" Warning--empty pages in sumitagar (There were 3 warnings)

Here is the message after a manual correction.

This is BibTeX, Version 0.99d (MiKTeX 2.9.6630 64-bit) The top-level auxiliary file: mainETS_francais.aux The style file: bibETS.bst Database file #1: biblio_fr.bib Warning--I didn't find a database entry for "NestleFrance" Warning--empty pages in sumitagar (There were 2 warnings)

(in this example i removed all other references - manually adding the brackets to the rest of my bibliography would be a cumbersome solution)

So I am having trouble with this format. is there a way to modify the way Zotero exports bibtex ?

Thank you

adamsmith

I believe if you put this in curly brackets, you'll get incorrect output, though. The .bst file should define how oct is handled as a month (e.g. octobre, 10 etc.) and it's apparently missing. It's not in curly brackets because it's a standardized abbreviation that bibtex should recognize.

See https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/70455/bibtex-month-format

for more.

(You can modify Zotero's bibtex output, though it involves coding. It'd defined in the BibTeX.js file in the translators directory in the Zotero data folder:
https://www.zotero.org/support/zotero_data

maximeleroyer

So you're saying the issue comes from the .bst file ?

bwiernik

Yes.

maximeleroyer

Alright I'll check it out.
Thanks !