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BibTeX Citation String (Summer 2018 Archive Edition)
@InCollection{sep-logic-informal,
author = {Groarke, Leo},
title = {{Informal Logic}},
booktitle = {The {Stanford} Encyclopedia of Philosophy},
editor = {Edward N. Zalta},
howpublished = {\url{https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2018/entries/logic-informal/}},
year = {2018},
edition = {{S}ummer 2018},
publisher = {Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University}
}
BibTeX Citation String (Current Version in Spring 2020 Archive)
There are over 50 BibTeX styles and no standard format that is guaranteed to work for all 50. So, we suggest you use our string as a 'useful suggestion' that might need to be adapted for your particular BibTeX file. Also note that the double braces around the title is to preserve capitalization. You may wish to edit that as well.
@InCollection{sep-logic-informal,
author = {Groarke, Leo},
title = {{Informal Logic}},
booktitle = {The {Stanford} Encyclopedia of Philosophy},
editor = {Edward N. Zalta},
howpublished = {\url{https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2020/entries/logic-informal/}},
year = {2020},
edition = {{S}pring 2020},
publisher = {Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University}
}

