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How do I control number of authors in citation using Chicago style
Hello,
I would appreciate if anyone could show me the right method of using MS word 2007 for the following application. I am using MS word 2007. I follow Chicago style referencing. When I insert a citation, in some instances it would cite (Author1 et al 2008) and in other instance it would cite (Author1, Author 2 and Author3, 2008). Further, in one instance it even cites (Author1, Author2 et al, 2008). What I doing wrong? How can I control this? Thanks, MSWNovice2008 |
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How do I control number of authors in citation using Chicagostyle
On 27 sep, 16:29, MSWNovice2008
wrote: Hello, I would appreciate if anyone could show me the right method of using MS word 2007 for the following application. I am using MS word 2007. *I follow Chicago style referencing. *When I insert acitation, in some instances it would cite (Author1 et al 2008) and in other instance it would cite (Author1, Author 2 and Author3, 2008). *Further, in one instance it even cites (Author1, Author2 et al, 2008). What I doing wrong? *How can I control this? Thanks, MSWNovice2008 You are not doing anything wrong. The algorithm used for displaying the number of authors is just not what you expected. On first glance, the algorithm for Chicago works as follows: if there are more than 6 authors display the first authors name, followed by a ', et al.' else (so less than 6 authors) display all authors, seperated by a comma except for the last one which is separated by ' and ' Your last version " (Author1, Author2 et al, 2008) " doesn't come up in the algorithm. My first idea would be that you actually added 'et al' as part of an authors name. As that seems the only likely way to achieve this result. Anyway, the only way to control the amount of authors being displayed, is by messing around with the stylesheet. Something I advise against, as it involves messing around with hard to understand XSLT code. But if you still want to do it, for Chicago, you would have to mess around with the following 4 template functions: - formatPersonSeperator - formatPersonSeperator2 - formatPersonsAuthor - formatPersons If you need extra help with the numbers, just post a follow-up message. Yves |
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How do I control number of authors in citation using Chicagostyle
On Sep 27, 1:20*pm, p0 wrote:
On 27 sep, 16:29, MSWNovice2008 wrote: Hello, I would appreciate if anyone could show me the right method of using MS word 2007 for the following application. I am using MS word 2007. *I follow Chicago style referencing. *When I insert acitation, in some instances it would cite (Author1 et al 2008) and in other instance it would cite (Author1, Author 2 and Author3, 2008). *Further, in one instance it even cites (Author1, Author2 et al, 2008). What I doing wrong? *How can I control this? Thanks, MSWNovice2008 You are not doing anything wrong. The algorithm used for displaying the number of authors is just not what you expected. On first glance, the algorithm for Chicago works as follows: if there are more than 6 authors * * display the first authors name, followed by a ', et al.' else (so less than 6 authors) * * display all authors, seperated by a comma except for the last one which is separated by ' and ' Yves, since you insist on making pronouncements about how Word 2007 (mis)handles Chicago style, don't you think you should acquire a copy of the Chicago Manual of Style (15th ed.) and learn how the references are supposed to appear? The rule is very, very simple. If there are more than three authors, the citation should be given as "author 1 et al.) If there are three, two, or one authors, all authors are named in every citation. You have still made no response to the ten failings in handling Chicago style that I noted some days ago. |
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