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citeElement

Element functions can be customized with set and show rules.

Cite a work from the bibliography.

Before you starting citing, you need to add a bibliography somewhere in your document.

Example

This was already noted by
pirates long ago. @arrgh

Multiple sources say ...
#cite("arrgh", "netwok").

#bibliography("works.bib")

Syntax

This function indirectly has dedicated syntax. References can be used to cite works from the bibliography. The label then corresponds to the citation key.

Parameters

Parameters are the inputs to a function. They are specified in parentheses after the function name.

keys

string

RequiredPositional

Positional parameters are specified in order, without names.

Variadic

Variadic parameters can be specified multiple times.

The citation keys that identify the elements that shall be cited in the bibliography.

Reference syntax supports only a single key.

supplement

none or content

Positional

Positional parameters are specified in order, without names.

Settable

Settable parameters can be customized for all following uses of the function with a set rule.

A supplement for the citation such as page or chapter number.

In reference syntax, the supplement can be added in square brackets:

Default: none

View example

This has been proven over and
over again. @distress[p.~7]

#bibliography("works.bib")

brackets

boolean

Settable

Settable parameters can be customized for all following uses of the function with a set rule.

Whether the citation should include brackets.

Default: true

View example

#set cite(brackets: false)

@netwok follow these methods
in their work ...

#bibliography(
  "works.bib",
  style: "chicago-author-date",
)

style

auto or string

Settable

Settable parameters can be customized for all following uses of the function with a set rule.

The citation style.

When set to auto, automatically picks the preferred citation style for the bibliography's style.

• "numerical"

  IEEE-style numerical reference markers.

• "alphanumerical"

  A simple alphanumerical style. For example, the output could be Rass97 or MKG+21.

• "keys"

  Citations that just consist of the entry keys.

• "chicago-author-date"

  The Chicago Author Date style. Based on the 17th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style, Chapter 15.

• "chicago-notes"

  The Chicago Notes style. Based on the 17th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style, Chapter 14.

• "chicago-author-title"

  A Chicago-like author-title format. Results could look like this: Prokopov, “It Is Fast or It Is Wrong”.

Default: auto

View example

#set cite(style: "alphanumerical")
Alphanumerical references.
@netwok

#bibliography("works.bib")

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