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From: linden@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Keith Vander Linden)
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Subject: Alphabetization in LaTeX/BibTeX
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I have a question concerning alphabetization in LaTeX/BibTeX.  I have
a .bib file containing several citations for each of the following
names...

Mann et al
Matthiessen
McClelland et al
McDonald
McKeown et al

... which I would expect to ordered in this way.  LaTeX,
unfortunately, intersperses the 3 articles by Mann throughout the
other articles when it creates the .aux file.  It looks like the last
name of the co-authors is affecting the alphabetization process.  What
is going on here and can I do something in the .bib file to prevent
it?  I'm using \cite{*} to cite all entries.  Thanks.

Keith Vander Linden
University of Colorado, Boulder
linden@boulder.colorado.edu