[texhax] Small citation issue

[Dan Hatton]

On Fri, 13 Feb 2009, Sam Albers wrote:

> Using natbib I would like to produce a citation like this
>
> (Chapman, 1988; see Rex & Petticrew 2008)
>
> Now I normally produce ``see'' like this:
>
> \citep[see][]{rex2008}
>
> My quandary is how to place the ``see'' after the first citation and also
> after the semi-colon.

You could try

(\citealp{chapman1988}; see \citealt{rex2008})

This kind of stuff is documented in the comments at the start of
natbib.sty.

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HTH,

Dan