Some works (particularly ones predating modern printing standards) are best quoted in a way other than page reference, because there may be multiple editions (even of the same version) in many languages, and what is most useful is the location in the work's structure, rather than the actual page number in a particular edition of a particular version. For example, citing works of St Thomas Aquinas is most often done in a format proper to his works, viz. ST I, q32, a2, co (Summa Theologiae, I pars, quaestio 32, articulus 2, corpus...). This is particularly true nowadays when there are professional-quality on-line versions of such texts (like http://www.corpusthomisticum.org, compiled at Navarre university, and hence a resource of which Erik must be quite aware) which thus have no page numbers at all.
I'm sure the illustrious author of this program has dealt with this, judging from the uses he proposes for it. What's the best way to enter this kind of reference in a citation? One could use the "outline position" option, but who has the time to type the entire structure of the Summa into the program?
Any suggestions by Erik or other users would be welcome...
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I'm also working on St. Thomas, so I have to cite him a lot. There are two problems: making sure the citation comes out properly in the final written work, and putting the citations in a form that can sort properly in the citations table view.
Generally TextCite can break a "page" reference into chunks, and it will sort based on the chunks that it picks out. For instance, I store a reference to the Commentary on the De anima with a page reference like "II, 14, 404"; TextCite is smart enough to pick out the individual parts of this reference and sort accordingly. Then, when I paste a citation into my word processor (or, in my case, into my LaTeX editing program) I edit the citation to look prettier: "Lib. II, lect. 14, §404"
I built this capacity in precisely because I cite Aquinas and other classical/medieval authors a lot. HTH...
In Domino,
Erik
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If TextCite is smart enough to pick those divisions out, it's only because the programmer was smart enough to think of this and implement it... Not that you didn't already know that, but I want to give credit where credit is due. Congratulations once again for a great program.
in Christ,
Fr Matthew
P.S. What topic are you focusing on in the Angelic Doctor?
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Some works (particularly ones predating modern printing standards) are best quoted in a way other than page reference, because there may be multiple editions (even of the same version) in many languages, and what is most useful is the location in the work's structure, rather than the actual page number in a particular edition of a particular version. For example, citing works of St Thomas Aquinas is most often done in a format proper to his works, viz. ST I, q32, a2, co (Summa Theologiae, I pars, quaestio 32, articulus 2, corpus...). This is particularly true nowadays when there are professional-quality on-line versions of such texts (like http://www.corpusthomisticum.org, compiled at Navarre university, and hence a resource of which Erik must be quite aware) which thus have no page numbers at all.
I'm sure the illustrious author of this program has dealt with this, judging from the uses he proposes for it. What's the best way to enter this kind of reference in a citation? One could use the "outline position" option, but who has the time to type the entire structure of the Summa into the program?
Any suggestions by Erik or other users would be welcome...
Greetings,
I'm also working on St. Thomas, so I have to cite him a lot. There are two problems: making sure the citation comes out properly in the final written work, and putting the citations in a form that can sort properly in the citations table view.
Generally TextCite can break a "page" reference into chunks, and it will sort based on the chunks that it picks out. For instance, I store a reference to the Commentary on the De anima with a page reference like "II, 14, 404"; TextCite is smart enough to pick out the individual parts of this reference and sort accordingly. Then, when I paste a citation into my word processor (or, in my case, into my LaTeX editing program) I edit the citation to look prettier: "Lib. II, lect. 14, §404"
I built this capacity in precisely because I cite Aquinas and other classical/medieval authors a lot. HTH...
In Domino,
Erik
Greetings!
This information is very helpful. Thank you!
If TextCite is smart enough to pick those divisions out, it's only because the programmer was smart enough to think of this and implement it... Not that you didn't already know that, but I want to give credit where credit is due. Congratulations once again for a great program.
in Christ,
Fr Matthew
P.S. What topic are you focusing on in the Angelic Doctor?