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I have to use a journal's Latex template, which specifies \documentclass{book}. The template assumes I will enter my references manually in the format that they want. However, I would like to use bibtex to enter my references. When I do that, it forces the Bibliography to start on an odd-numbered page. I would like the references to start directly after the end of the article. I have tried changing the documentclass to "article", but that causes errors because the template uses the chapter format. Is there a way to revert back to the article-style references within the book documentclass?

\documentclass[10pt]{book} \begin{document} Document contents here with use of \cite. \renewcommand{\bibname}{References} % to change "Bibliography" to "References" \bibliography{refs} % starts references on next odd-numbered page \bibliographystyle{plainnat} \end{document}
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  • Add the following lines to the preamble: \usepackage{etoolbox} \patchcmd{\thebibliography} {\chapter*} {\section*} {} {} Commented Apr 16, 2014 at 17:58
  • Are you loading the natbib package? Commented Apr 16, 2014 at 18:04
  • I tried this (along with a few permutations), and it still starts the References on the next odd-numbered page. Yes, I am loading the natbib package. Sorry I forget to add that line of code. Commented Apr 16, 2014 at 18:08
  • Please see my updated answer below. Since you load natbib, you can use the second code in my answer. Commented Apr 16, 2014 at 18:12
  • Try adding openany to your class options. Commented Apr 16, 2014 at 18:23

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If you are not loading natbib, you can pacth \thebibliography so it uses \section* instead of \chapter*:

\documentclass[10pt]{book} \usepackage{etoolbox} \patchcmd{\thebibliography} {\chapter*} {\section*} {} {} \renewcommand{\bibname}{References} % this is just for the example \usepackage{filecontents} \begin{filecontents*}{refs.bib} @article{testa, author = {The A Author}, year = {2014}, title = {The title A}, journal = {The journal A}, pages = {1--5}, } \end{filecontents*} % this is just for the example \begin{document} \cite{testa} \bibliographystyle{plainnat} \bibliography{refs} \end{document}

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If you are loading natbib, then all you have to do is to redefine \bibsection:

\documentclass[10pt]{book} \usepackage{natbib} \renewcommand\bibsection{% \section*{\bibname\markright{\MakeUppercase{\bibname}}}} \renewcommand{\bibname}{References} % this is just for the example \usepackage{filecontents} \begin{filecontents*}{refs.bib} @article{testa, author = {The A Author}, year = {2014}, title = {The title A}, journal = {The journal A}, pages = {1--5}, } \end{filecontents*} % this is just for the example \begin{document} \cite{testa} \bibliographystyle{plainnat} \bibliography{refs} \end{document}
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  • You are amazing. The second one worked great. Commented Apr 16, 2014 at 18:27
  • The second suggestion had one quirk in that it renamed the page heading to "REFERENCES", which I'm sure you knew, but I didn't notice at first. The following gives me the behavior that I want. \renewcommand\bibsection{\section*{\large References}}. That is entered without the \renewcommand{\bibname}{References} line. Commented Apr 16, 2014 at 20:20
  • @user50028 Or simply remove the \markright part: \renewcommand\bibsection{\section*{\bibname}}. Commented Apr 16, 2014 at 20:50

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