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MLA Expert - Forewords/Introductions
Author: News    Posted: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 14:18:57 -0500
I'm trying to format a new reference type to comply with MLA's treatment of forewords, introductions, prefaces, and afterwords in books. So far, I'm doing pretty well - I've used one of the unused reference types and called it Forewards. I've mapped these generic reference type fields to my Foreword reference type: Author - Author Year - Year Title - Part of Work Secondary Author - Editor Secondary Title - Title of Part Place Published - City Publisher - Publisher Pages - Pages Tertiary Author - Book Author (THIS IS THE PROBLEM ONE) Tertiary Title - Book Title Edition - Edition Translated Author - Translator In the MLA Style Manager I selected Bibliography, then Templates. I added my reference type to the list and started editing. What I've got so far (and what works NEARLY correctly) is this: Author.~"Book Part Title." Book Part. Book Title.~By ~Book Author|.~Trans.~Translator|.~Ed.^Eds~Editor|. ~City|:~Publisher|,~Year|. Pages. This formats everything exactly as it should with ONE problem: The Book Author, according to MLA, needs to be listed Firstname Lastname here, not Lastname, Firstname. That setting is controlled by Author Name option under Bibliographies. Does anyone have any great ideas on how to make that happen? I'm just about out of my league here. Thanks, --Megan Adams Brooks /> Research & Instruction Librarian Wellesley College Library

RE: MLA Expert - Forewords/Introductions
Author: Michael    Posted: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 14:30:13 -0500
EN can format Authors and Editors differently. If you have two entries which are to be formatted the same but one different, try setting the two to Secondary Author and Tertiary Author (capitalization and order controlled by editor, I think) and the one to Author (cap and order controlled by Author). MP ------ Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 14:18:57 -0500 From: /> Subject: MLA Expert - Forewords/Introductions I'm trying to format a new reference type to comply with MLA's treatment of forewords, introductions, prefaces, and afterwords in books. So far, I'm doing pretty well - I've used one of the unused reference types and called it Forewards. I've mapped these generic reference type fields to my Foreword reference type: Author - Author Year - Year Title - Part of Work Secondary Author - Editor Secondary Title - Title of Part Place Published - City Publisher - Publisher Pages - Pages Tertiary Author - Book Author (THIS IS THE PROBLEM ONE) Tertiary Title - Book Title Edition - Edition Translated Author - Translator In the MLA Style Manager I selected Bibliography, then Templates. I added my reference type to the list and started editing. What I've got so far (and what works NEARLY correctly) is this: Author.~"Book Part Title." Book Part. Book Title.~By ~Book Author|.~Trans.~Translator|.~Ed.^Eds~Editor|. ~City|:~Publisher|,~Year|. Pages. This formats everything exactly as it should with ONE problem: The Book Author, according to MLA, needs to be listed Firstname Lastname here, not Lastname, Firstname. That setting is controlled by Author Name option under Bibliographies. Does anyone have any great ideas on how to make that happen? I'm just about out of my league here. Thanks, - --Megan Adams Brooks /> Research & Instruction Librarian Wellesley College Library

RE: MLA Expert - Forewords/Introductions
Author: Leanne    Posted: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 14:20:35 -0500
Assuming you won't want to use a different style with a different output, I have a fudge to suggest. Why not enter the Book Author as "Alan Smith," which will make Endnote think it is a company and it will come out, as you want it? Leanne -----Original Message----- From: /> On Behalf Of /> Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 1:19 PM To: /> Subject: MLA Expert - Forewords/Introductions I'm trying to format a new reference type to comply with MLA's treatment of forewords, introductions, prefaces, and afterwords in books. So far, I'm doing pretty well - I've used one of the unused reference types and called it Forewards. I've mapped these generic reference type fields to my Foreword reference type: Author - Author Year - Year Title - Part of Work Secondary Author - Editor Secondary Title - Title of Part Place Published - City Publisher - Publisher Pages - Pages Tertiary Author - Book Author (THIS IS THE PROBLEM ONE) Tertiary Title - Book Title Edition - Edition Translated Author - Translator In the MLA Style Manager I selected Bibliography, then Templates. I added my reference type to the list and started editing. What I've got so far (and what works NEARLY correctly) is this: Author.~"Book Part Title." Book Part. Book Title.~By ~Book Author|.~Trans.~Translator|.~Ed.^Eds~Editor|. ~City|:~Publisher|,~Year|. Pages. This formats everything exactly as it should with ONE problem: The Book Author, according to MLA, needs to be listed Firstname Lastname here, not Lastname, Firstname. That setting is controlled by Author Name option under Bibliographies. Does anyone have any great ideas on how to make that happen? I'm just about out of my league here. Thanks, --Megan Adams Brooks /> Research & Instruction Librarian Wellesley College Library

Re: MLA Expert - Forewords/Introductions
Author: Alex    Posted: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:25:17 -0500
On Feb 12, 2007, at 14:18, wrote: > > [...] The Book Author, according to MLA, needs to be listed > > Firstname Lastname here, not Lastname, Firstname. That setting is > > controlled by Author Name option under Bibliographies. [...] I think you're out of luck. I believe this setting is per style, so all reference types will have the name format set there, while you need different formats for different reference types within the same style. You could try to work around this limitation, but it's probably not worth it. <0x0192>

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