Bruce D'Arcus wrote:
>
> On Feb 25, 2005, at 9:04 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> > Comments and clarifications based on the comments so far:
> >
> >> First, let me clarify something: why the distinction between
> >> "reference" and "list of references"?
> >>
> >> From my perspective, the latter would always be automatically
> >> generated, so why would I want to insert a single reference? It seems
> >> like it would make the GUI more complicated.
> >
> > Some documents have two or more 'lists of references':  (1) a general
> > bibliography, such as "Recommended Readings," containing information
> > items that are simply inserted in that list and not cited in the
> > document, and (2) a 'works cited' (MLA term) list.  By differentiating
> > reference and list of references, OOoBib could handle multiple lists
> > without additional work for the user because citations would
> > automatically go into the 'works cited' list. A user would need to
> > position the cursor in the Bibliography list and insert the references
> > to be included there.  Using a 'no cite' option would not work for the
> > (1) type of list as the reference would still go into list (2).
>
> I see what you mean now.  There are two separate issues here:
>
> 1)  reference grouping
>
> Another example to the above is that I often see articles where you
> have a few different subdivisions in the reference list: for example,
> "newspaper articles," "legal documents" and then the references per se.

I have a slightly different requirement, that may be covered by what you
write above. In writing a large document (e.g. a thesis or book) I would
like to list references at the end of each chapter, and then consolidate all
those references at the end of the work. I would most likely use a master
document to segregate the work and the consolidated reference list would
probably go directly into the master document rather than a sub-document.

There are some complications to this. If an Author-Year citation system is
employed it must be ensured that consistent postscripts (e.g. Thornley,
2005a; Thornley, 2005b) are used throughout. If a numbered citation system
is employed the numbering would have to be consistent throughout

Vincent Thornley


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