Deborah, ISBN numbers and the total number of pages in a book are not part of standard citation practices. The specific page number(s) of your citation are on the details screen. (I'm not sure which you are referring to).
If you are using a revised edition, you will want to use the revised edition template (Step 1), and then you will see a field for the edition number. Publication date is part of all the book templates as far as I know (there are so many permutations possible I admittedly didn't check them). Be sure to scroll all the way down as on some of the templates the fields do not all fit on one screen. I think there is an option you can check to remind you of this, but I turned mine off. Connie Deborah Trounstine wrote: > Hi Connie, > What you describe is the way I've been using the medium > "basic format" > too. I guess I was looking for more details for a complete > citation - > like year of publication, number of pages, edition, ISBN > number, etc. I > think the way you have been modifying the template to fit > your needs > makes the most sense. > Thanks! > Deborah > > Connie Sheets wrote: > > Deborah, > > > > In Sourcewriter, the "basic format" is one of the > choices under "Medium," i.e. is it an online image, a CD, a > microfilm, etc. Yes, I use it for real books (hard > copies). I also use it in other situations where I > don't think the other choices quite fit. (It has > nothing to do with the Basic Source system, as far as I can > tell). > > > > In the case of books, at least, I have found the > "basic format" almost always includes the necessary > information, or that I could easily modify it to do so (e.g. > by leaving some fields blank or placing certain data in > other fields). Can you give an example of what you > believe is missing? > > > > Connie > > > > --- On Thu, 1/7/10, Deborah Trounstine <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > >> When entering a source using the > >> SourceWriter, can someone tell me what > >> they mean by "Basic format" > >> e.g. Books > Book, authored > Two authors > > Basic > >> format > >> I have been assuming that Basic format means that > you have > >> (or have > >> viewed) a hard copy of the book, but the form that > is > >> provided in SW > >> doesn't really contain spaces for all of the > citation > >> details that I > >> would expect. This "Basic format" shows up in a > number of > >> the source > >> templates but this happens to be one that I'm > looking at > >> right now. > >> Any help with this - or suggestions on a better > source > >> "medium" to > >> choose if you have a hard copy of the source will > be > >> appreciated! > >> Thanks, > >> Deborah > >> Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
