==================================================================== @BibTeX-style-file{ filename = "amsplain.bst", version = "1.2", date = "20-Jan-1995", time = "09:33:33 EST", checksum = "29816 1241 3733 26829", author = "American Mathematical Society", address = "American Mathematical Society, Technical Support, Electronic Products and Services, P. O. Box 6248, Providence, RI 02940, USA", telephone = "401-455-4080 or (in the USA and Canada) 800-321-4AMS (321-4267)", FAX = "401-331-3842", email = "tech-support@math.ams.org (Internet)", copyright = "Copyright (C) 1995 American Mathematical Society, all rights reserved. Copying of this file is authorized only if either: (1) you make absolutely no changes to your copy, including name; OR (2) if you do make changes, you first rename it to some other name.", supported = "yes", keywords = "bibtex, bibliography, amslatex, ams-latex", abstract = "BibTeX bibliography style `amsplain' for BibTeX versions 0.99a or later and LaTeX version 2e. Produces alphabetic-label bibliography items in a form typical for American Mathematical Society publications.", docstring = "The checksum field above contains a CRC-16 checksum as the first value, followed by the equivalent of the standard UNIX wc (word count) utility output of lines, words, and characters. This is produced by Robert Solovay's checksum utility.", } ==================================================================== See the file btxbst.doc for extra documentation other than what is included here. And see btxhak.tex for a description of the BibTeX language and how to use it. This defines the types of fields that can occur in a database entry for this particular bibliography style. Except for `language', this is the standard list from plain.bst. Types of entries currently allowed in a BibTeX file: ARTICLE -- An article from a journal or magazine. BOOK -- A book with an explicit publisher. BOOKLET -- A work that is printed and bound, but without a named publisher or sponsoring institution. CONFERENCE -- The same as INPROCEEDINGS, included for Scribe compatibility. INBOOK -- A part of a book, which may be a chapter (or section or whatever) and/or a range of pages. INCOLLECTION -- A part of a book having its own title. INPROCEEDINGS -- An article in a conference proceedings. MANUAL -- Technical documentation. MASTERSTHESIS -- A Master's thesis. MISC -- Use this type when nothing else fits. PHDTHESIS -- A PhD thesis. PROCEEDINGS -- The proceedings of a conference. TECHREPORT -- A report published by a school or other institution, usually numbered within a series. UNPUBLISHED -- A document having an author and title, but not formally published.