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piltdownpunk
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Control Page Reference with multiple Authors

Post by piltdownpunk »

Hello.

I need to control the placement of a page reference within a citation with multiple authors. For example:

~\citep[169]{midant2000prehistory,puleston2008population} yields

(Midant-Reynes 2000; Puleston 2008:169).

What if the page reference actually needs to go with the first citation...or, what if each citation has its own page reference? Thanks.

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kaiserkarl13
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Re: Control Page Reference with multiple Authors

Post by kaiserkarl13 »

I assume you're using natbib, though you don't say so. A minimal working example (see board rules) might help considerably.

In natbib, the optional argument to \cite, \citet, \citep, etc. means "text after citation"; it's not technically a page reference though it can be used for that. For example, using \citep[see][chapter~2]{puleston2008population} will yield a citation like
(see Puleston 2008, chapter 2)
depending somewhat on your bibliography style and the options passed to natbib.

You might try constructing your own, using \citealp and/or \citealt. These leave off the parentheses, so you can put punctuation and related things anywhere you want.
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