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I am using biblatex and biblatex-apa for formatting references in APA format. I am using \fullcite to print the full reference in APA format as I have to describe the printed reference. In my case I cannot use the \printbibliography function to print the reference. The problem using \fullcite is that it is not printing reference in APA format, it is using AND instead of &. Here is the example:

using \fullcite

Darwin, C., Ekman, P., and Prodger, P. (2002). The expression of the emo-
tions in man and animals. Oxford University Press, USA

using \printbibliography

Darwin, C., Ekman, P., & Prodger, P. (2002). The expression of the emotions
in man and animals. Oxford University Press, USA

My question is how to incorporate & instead of AND in the \fullcite function. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

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Hi, welcome to tex.sx! Although your question is not identical to this one: hanging references using \fullcite, the solution posted there solves your problem as well. –  Alan Munn Mar 14 '11 at 2:22
Thanks a lot Alan! Works perfectly! –  Shreyas Karnik Mar 14 '11 at 2:25
@Alan Is it possible to add a counter to the \fullcite function so that I can print the number of the reference, I know about counters but I have no idea about how to integrate it in a function such as \fullcite any pointers will be very helpful. –  Shreyas Karnik Mar 14 '11 at 3:11
What are you trying to do? Because the \fullcite method isn't really intended for this. Are you trying to make a bibliography with different categories? If that's the case, you can do that in biblatex, but without using \fullcite. –  Alan Munn Mar 14 '11 at 3:38
I am creating a annotated bibliography using biblatex-apa. In this process I also need to add numbers such as: 1. Ref 2. Ref to the bibliography, that is why I asked the question regarding counter integrated with \fullcite –  Shreyas Karnik Mar 14 '11 at 3:46

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The latest version of biblatex-apa (2.6 or above) now fixes this problem, so you should update. biblatex-apa now provides two commands: \fullcite which makes an inline reference (with no hanging indent) and \fullcitebib which makes a fake bibliography entry, with a hanging indent.

If you are making a categorised bibliography for a CV, for example, there are better ways to achieve this than using multiple \fullcitebib commands.

To make an annotated bibliography using \fullcitebib commands you could do the following:


     {\stepcounter{bibnum}\thebibnum.\ }
  \renewcommand{\finalnamedelim}{\ifnum\value{liststop}>2 \finalandcomma\fi\addspace\&\space}%



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Thanks @Alan!!! Works perfectly!!! –  Shreyas Karnik Mar 16 '11 at 17:06

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