Question about date field: range of years
Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2010 5:24 am
Just a quick question.
Is there a way to display a range of years for the date field in author-date references (e.g. 'De Foere 1823-1829'), as well in the bibliography (e.g. 'De Foere, L. 1823-1829')? So, rather than entering each volume as a separate entry, just keep one entry for the entire collection, and refer to those multiple years in the text as well? Currently, BE keeps just extracting the first 4-digit year from the date field, and thus only displays 'De Foere 1823', ignoring the rest.
Is there a way to make this work? Specifically, I was thinking of something like a comma or another operator to enter in the date field, giving BE instructions to display the content of the field exactly as they have been entered. However, I cannot seem to find any such command, and I'm not sure if there is one.
Any suggestions?
I looked through the user guide, but can't seem to find a solution. Maybe there is one -- then I'd appreciate your tips. If there is no solution, maybe this is something to consider for a future update. It would be a really useful feature as far as I'm concerned. (I use it a lot to refer to entire periodicals/journals/etc.).
Is there a way to display a range of years for the date field in author-date references (e.g. 'De Foere 1823-1829'), as well in the bibliography (e.g. 'De Foere, L. 1823-1829')? So, rather than entering each volume as a separate entry, just keep one entry for the entire collection, and refer to those multiple years in the text as well? Currently, BE keeps just extracting the first 4-digit year from the date field, and thus only displays 'De Foere 1823', ignoring the rest.
Is there a way to make this work? Specifically, I was thinking of something like a comma or another operator to enter in the date field, giving BE instructions to display the content of the field exactly as they have been entered. However, I cannot seem to find any such command, and I'm not sure if there is one.
Any suggestions?
I looked through the user guide, but can't seem to find a solution. Maybe there is one -- then I'd appreciate your tips. If there is no solution, maybe this is something to consider for a future update. It would be a really useful feature as far as I'm concerned. (I use it a lot to refer to entire periodicals/journals/etc.).