In-text citations

[jmireland]

Is there an easy way to cite, say, a commentary, with an in-text citation (like Chicago 16th in-text)? My current process is quite laborious and I think there must be a better way (Using According 12.1.3). Currently, I have to highlight a relevant passage, copy and paste it into a blank word document, and then take the footnote info that is provided and translate that into an in-text citation for my document. 

Often, I am not wanting to quote the commentary, only to credit an idea and indicate my source. So, I don't need to do the cut and paste process, except that this seems to be the only way to produce a footnote that gives me the page number and publisher information. 

 

Someone please tell me that there is an easier way to do this!

 

thanks! 

 

[Joel Brown]

I believe if you Copy As -> Bibliography, it will put just that citation information in the clipboard.  This should do exactly what you want in just the one step!

[jmireland]

that works, except it doesn't give me the page number. Perhaps I need to adjust a setting somewhere...?

[Tim Hall]

What would be sweet is if Accordance could add Copy as In-Text Citation or Copy as Parenthetical Citation. Settings could be used to choose from Turabian, SBL, MLA, etc.

[Joel Brown]

jm: Are you sure that you were copying from a tool that has page numbers, and your bibliographic format (Preferences -> Bibliography) is a style that supports page numbers?  Did you get page numbers when extracting the citation in your old method?

 

Tim: What would be different about Copy as In-Text Citation than what we already do in Copy as Bibliography?

[Tim Hall]

Joel,

 

I shot off my mouth before looking into it. I assumed that Copy as Bibliography would give a full bibliographical entry similar to what is produced at the end of a Copy as Citation ... I tried it out, and as you know, it appears I was totally wrong (not the first time and not the last)

 

Sorry.