Re: changing from \cite{1} to \cite{MacRae,2002}

[Sharon Kimble]

Rasmus <rasmus@gmx.us> writes:

> Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@skimble.plus.com> writes:
>
>> Emanuel Berg <embe8573@student.uu.se> writes:
>>
>>> Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@skimble.plus.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> I am using latex and working on a document all in
>>>> emacs. I have been using the biblatex citation system
>>>> with the style "numerical", but now want to use
>>>> "authoryear".
>>>
>>> First, your post looks a complete mess! I don't know if
>>> it is my Gnus but I doubt it as I haven't seen anything
>>> that plain chaos (since my last birthday party at
>>> least) - just type, man!
>>
>> Wrong! I don't know of any "man" called Sharon! :)
>>>
>>> Here is how to do it - the trick is to not have any
>>> "operational" data in the biblatex file - just the
>>> sources.
>>>
>>> For example, if you have the poor taste of taking an
>>> interest in databases - in db.bib:
>>>
>>> @Book{mcfadden,
>>> author = {McFadden and Hoffer and Prescott},
>>> title = {Modern Database Management},
>>> publisher = {Addison-Wesley},
>>> year = 1998,
>>> ISBN = {0-8053-6054-9},
>>> edition = {5th edition}}
>>>
>>> Then, in db.tex, you keep everything to it that relates
>>> to *your* activity (the pages in this example):
>>>
>>> \cite[pp. 233, 237]{mcfadden}
>>>
>>> You can see how it works in context here [1] - perhaps
>>> there are a couple of settings in the .tex file that
>>> prepare it all to work. Don't forget the Makefile so
>>> you can invoke it all in one stroke.
>>
>> Yes, but! Your references appear in the text as numbers, i.e. [1]
>> which is not what I'm after. I'm looking for "author/editor, year". 
>
> So pass the option "natbib" or "author-year" or whatever you prefer to
> biblatex.  See "texdoc biblatex", section "3.3.1 Citation Styles".
>
> Or use biblatex-chicago. I use it like this:
>
> \usepackage[authordate, natbib, backend=biber,citetracker=true,
>   uniquename=mininit, ibidtracker=false, maxcitenames=2]{biblatex-chicago}

Thanks for this, using your "\usepackage" above, but which do I use
for the bib database? I've tried both but I'm not sure which is
working. 
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
\addbibresource{uh2014.bib}
\bibliography{uh2014}
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

This is part of "uh2014.bib"
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
@Article{MacRae2002,
  author = {MacRae K. Pattison J.},
  title = {Home chemotherapy.},
  journaltitle = {Nursing Times},
  year = {2002},
  key = {MacRae2002},
  volume = {98},
  number = {35},
  pages = {34-35},
}
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

and in the text it is cited as
╭────
│\cite{MacRae2002}
╰────

but it shows in the pdf as "M. K. P. J. 2002."

How can I get it to show as"[MacRae2002]" please?

Thanks
Sharon.
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