The following examples demonstrate how different modifications to a temporary citation affect its formatted citation in either an author/year or numbered style. In the first column is an example of a modified temporary citation before formatting, and to the right are two examples of that citation formatted in different styles.
Examples of Modified Citations
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Unformatted Citation |
Formatted with Author-Date |
Formatted with Numbered |
Comments |
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{Hall, #77} |
(Hall) |
[1] |
To remove the year from the formatted citation, delete it from the unformatted citation. |
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{, 1988 #77} |
(1998) |
[1] |
To remove the author from the formatted citation, delete just the author’s name from the unformatted citation. Note that the comma remains in the temporary citation to indicate the omission of the author. |
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{#77} |
No citation appears |
[1] |
This temporary citation removes the author and the year from the formatted citation. When formatted with an author-date style, the in-text citation is eliminated, but the reference still appears in the bibliography. Numbered citations appear as usual. |
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{Hall,1988 #77 p.4} |
(Hall 1988 p.4) |
[1 p.4] |
To add text after the formatted citation, add it after the record number in the unformatted citation. With this temporary citation, the text after the record number, including spaces and punctuation, is added to the formatted citation. |
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{see \Hall, 1988 #77} |
(see Hall 1988) |
[see 1] |
To add text before the formatted citation, type the text immediately after the opening curly brace, and type a backslash "\" to separate the text from the author’s name. (See Citation Prefixes. |
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{Hall, #77, p.4} |
(Hall, p.4) |
[1, p.4] |
This temporary citation eliminates the year from the formatted citation, but adds the additional text ", p.4". Type additional text after the record number or after a third comma when using additional search text. |