BibTeX field: booktitle
How to use the booktitle field in BibTeX?
The booktitle field is used to store the title of the book when using an inbook or incollection BibTeX entry type. Note: If you want to cite a whole book then use the @book entry type and put the title of the book into the "title" field.
booktitle = "{N}oam {C}homsky: On Power, Knowledge and Human Nature"How the booktitle field is used in BibTeX entry types
| BibTeX entry | Description | booktitle field |
|---|---|---|
| article | Journal article | ╳ |
| book | Book | ╳ |
| booklet | Printed work without a publisher | ╳ |
| inbook | Any section in a book | ╳ |
| incollection | A titled section of a book | required |
| inproceedings | Conference paper | required |
| manual | Manual | ╳ |
| mastersthesis | Master's thesis | ╳ |
| misc | Miscellaneous: if nothing else fits | ╳ |
| phdthesis | PhD thesis | ╳ |
| techreport | Technical report or white paper | ╳ |
| unpublished | A work that has not yet been officially published | ╳ |