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How can I get LaTeX to automatically use "Ibid." when two citations to the same source are made?
Here is a sentence with a citation.\footnote{\cite[p.~5]{Smith:1999}}
This sentence also has a citation.\footnote{\cite[p.~10]{Smith:1999}}
Desired:
Here is a sentence with a citation.[1] This sentence also has a citation.[2]
...
1. Smith (1999), p. 5
2. Ibid., p. 10
Actual:
Here is a sentence with a citation.[1] This sentence also has a citation.[2]
...
1. Smith (1999), p. 5
2. Smith (1999), p. 10
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Ibid. is an abbreviation of the Latin “ibidem,” meaning “in the same place.” It's used in citations to quickly cite a source that you've already cited in full in a previous footnote or endnote. This directs the reader to the previous citation.
If you consecutively cite the same source two or more times in a note (complete or shortened), you may use the word “Ibid” instead. Ibid is short for the Latin ibidem, which means “in the same place”. If you're referencing the same source but different page, follow 'Ibid' with a comma and the new page number(s).
'Ibid. ' is fine by itself for citing the same page twice in a row, but you should provide a page number if you're citing a different part of the text.
Yes, you can abbreviate the subsequent citations of the source. If the subsequent citation is in the footnote immediately following the full citation, you can use 'ibid'. Used alone, 'ibid' means 'in the very same place' – in other words, the same source and the same page or paragraph as the preceding full citation.
You could look at biblatex, it seems to be more oriented to Humanities-style citations than bibtex is. I'm pretty sure I got "ibid" working in it with no trouble.
http://www.ctan.org/pkg/biblatex
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