et al. in Latex References

Hi guys,

I use a separate .bib file for including references in my LaTex documents.
i.e.
\bibliography{bib/mybib}
\bibliographystyle{IEEEtrans}

where bib is a folder and mybib.bib is the bibliography file. It has entries in the following format.

@article{dissanayake2001solution,
  title={A solution to the simultaneous localization and map building (SLAM) problem},
  author={Dissanayake, MWM Gamini and Newman, Paul and Clark, Steve and Durrant-Whyte, Hugh F and Csorba, Michael},
  journal={Robotics and Automation, IEEE Transactions on},
  volume={17},
  number={3},
  pages={229--241},
  year={2001},
  publisher={IEEE}
}

Now, if you are running out of space you can make the author list small by using et al. keyword. To use that just type "and others" in the authors sub-entry like this.

@article{dissanayake2001solution,
  title={A solution to the simultaneous localization and map building (SLAM) problem},
  author={Dissanayake, MWM Gamini and others},
  journal={Robotics and Automation, IEEE Transactions on},
  volume={17},
  number={3},
  pages={229--241},
  year={2001},
  publisher={IEEE}
}

By the way, you can export entries to BibTex from Google Scholar. Go to settings in Google scholar and in Bibliography manager "Show links to import citations into" choose BibTex.

That's it.


Cheers!!!