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[GH-ISSUE #524] Improve citation style/method #4087
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Originally created by @profvjreddi on GitHub (Nov 16, 2024).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/harvard-edge/cs249r_book/issues/524
Currently, bibliographic references are displayed as author names, but there is a request to make them easier to identify by using numbers, similar to the example below.
We need to decide on the style we prefer, including whether we want to show the full reference.
One benefit of displaying the reference in the margin on the website is that it helps students learn about the authors and the conferences where the papers were published, which I find quite helpful for their learning. However, it can become crowded, especially when we start adding side notes to provide definitions and additional information.
Might need to write a custom style CSL file as per here: https://quarto.org/docs/authoring/citations.html
@Rishabh044 commented on GitHub (Jan 8, 2026):
Hi sir, how about having citations in the ACM SIG Proceeding. It will look something like this:
@profvjreddi commented on GitHub (Jan 8, 2026):
Hi @Rishabh044, thanks for thinking of ways to improve on this issue. I forgot about it. I did have that in mind, but I feel that on the website version, I would like students to see the conference link explicitly in the sidebar because students should learn to recognize the names of the conferences and the authors. Hovering reduces its visibility, so that's why I didn't go with this option. However, this option is something we may want to consider for the PDF version. Does that make sense?
@profvjreddi commented on GitHub (Apr 3, 2026):
Closing — as noted in the earlier comment, the website version handles citations adequately. The citation system has been refined with the two-volume restructure. If specific citation style changes are still desired, a fresh issue would be helpful.