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Feature request: Adding citation before each entry in bibliography

Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2015 4:18 pm
by NilsMS
Taking up a suggestion by Jon, I would like to know if the following request would be useful to more users than just me.

The citation guidelines in my area of research prescribe that in the bibliography each entry has to start with the citation used in the text including footnotes. Thus, the text could be:

"As was pointed out by S. Knöpke (2009; but see Kristiansen 1996a; 1996b; Knudson et al. 2004) matter of fact is that ..."

and the bibliography would look like:

Knöpke 2009: S. Knöpke, Der urnenfelderzeitliche Männerfriedhof von Neckarsulm. Forsch. u. Ber. Vor- u. Frühgesch. Baden-Württemberg 116 (Stuttgart 2009).
Knudson et al. 2004: K. J. Knudson/T. D. Price/J. E. Buikstra/D. E. Blom, The Use of Strontium Isotope Analysis to Investigate Tiwanaku Migration and Mortuary Ritual in Bolivia and Peru. Archaeometry 46, 2004, 5–18.
Kristiansen 1996a: K. Kristiansen, Die Hortfunde in der jüngeren Bronzezeit Dänemarks. Fundumstände, Funktion und Historischen Entwicklung. In: P. Schauer (Hrsg.), Archäologische Forschungen zum Kulturgeschehen in der jüngeren Bronzezeit und frühen Eisenzeit Alteuropas (Bonn, Regensburg 1996) 255–270.
Kristiansen 1996b: K. Kristiansen, The Destruction of the Archaeological Heritage and the Formation of Museum Collections: The Case of Denmark. In: W. D. Kingery (Hrsg.), Learning from Things: Method and Theory of Material Culture Studies (Washington, London 1996) 89–101.


At the moment, this is not possible in BE. As a workaround the author could be added twice (this is indeed how my format is defined at the moment), but then the initials of the first instance would have to be removed manually. For comparison, in Endnote there is a special section in the format manager where it can be specified that each entry is preceded by the Citation. This worked quite well for me, even for edge cases which in the example above would probably enclose Knudson et al. 2004 and the disambiguation of the Kristansen citations.

Are there more users for whom such a feature would be useful?

Cheers,

Nils

Re: Feature request: Adding citation before each entry in bibliography

Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2015 4:31 am
by Philologist
NilsMS wrote:in Endnote there is a special section in the format manager where it can be specified that each entry is preceded by the Citation
Where exactly is that special section? I can't find it.

Is there any particular reason why the citation guidelines in your area of research demand that each reference starts with the citation used in the text? At first sight, this seems superfluous; so I'm wondering what the reason might be.

I suppose the research area is anthropology.

What is this style called?
As a workaround the author could be added twice (this is indeed how my format is defined at the moment), but then the initials of the first instance would have to be removed manually.
Removing the initials should be easy with a Nisus macro. What word processor are you using?

Re: Feature request: Adding citation before each entry in bibliography

Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2015 5:04 pm
by Jon
Actually, I've added code for this feature (including the citation in the bibliography) for the next update. If anyone wants to test it, write to me.

Jon
Sonny Software

Re: Feature request: Adding citation before each entry in bibliography

Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2015 6:31 am
by NilsMS
Philologist wrote:
NilsMS wrote:in Endnote there is a special section in the format manager where it can be specified that each entry is preceded by the Citation
Where exactly is that special section? I can't find it.
Unfortunately, my old Endnote version does not work anymore under Yosemite, so I cannot post a screenshot.
Philologist wrote: Is there any particular reason why the citation guidelines in your area of research demand that each reference starts with the citation used in the text? At first sight, this seems superfluous; so I'm wondering what the reason might be.
I think it is a matter of habit. I actually like it the way it is.
Philologist wrote: I suppose the research area is anthropology.
Nearly, it is archaeology.
Philologist wrote: What is this style called?
"Richtlinien der Römisch-Germanischen Kommission" (you asked!; here is a online-version: http://www.av-rheinland.de/Richtlinien.pdf. It is quite dated nowadays, it still mentions "MS-/PC-DOS" and 5 1/4-floppy discs)
NilsMS wrote:iAs a workaround the author could be added twice (this is indeed how my format is defined at the moment), but then the initials of the first instance would have to be removed manually.
Removing the initials should be easy with a Nisus macro. What word processor are you using?
For the end processing, I use OpenOffice. Of course, a macro could do it, but this is cumbersome and prone for producing errors. Actually, I can confirm that the new built Jon mentions in the post above works as expected.

Cheers,

Nils

Re: Feature request: Adding citation before each entry in bibliography

Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2015 5:35 am
by Philologist
NilsMS wrote:"Richtlinien der Römisch-Germanischen Kommission" […] It is quite dated nowadays
Thanks for Richtlinien der Römisch-Germanischen Kommission des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts. It's always interesting to learn something new.

Yes you are right, these regulations are old, but what else would we expect from archaeology, a discipline whose very subject matter is the past? :D