L/V 10+ Tip of the Day #261 Referring to an electronic book without page numbers

MJ. Smith

Another tip of the day (TOTD) series for Logos/Verbum 10. They will be short and often drawn from forum posts. Feel free to ask questions and/or suggest forum posts you'd like to see included. Adding comments about the behavior on mobile and web apps would be appreciated by your fellow forumites. A search for "L/V 10+ Tip of the Day site:community.logos.com" on Google should bring the tips up as should this Reading List within the application.

This tip is inspired by the forum post: Page Numbers for LBD - Logos Forums

https://www.scribbr.com/frequently-asked-questions/no-page-numbers-chicago/ 

I typically cite LBD by article title and "n.p." (for "no page"). I picked an article at random to illustrate:

Full footnote style: Melton B. Winstead, "Galilee, Sea of," Lexham Bible Dictionary, ed. John D. Barry (Belllingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2016), n.p.

Short footnote style: Winstead, "Galilee, Sea of," n.p.

Bibliography style: Winstead, Melton B. “Galilee, Sea of.” In Lexham Bible Dictionary. Edited by John D. Barry. Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2016.

If your footnote has to be more precise, you could put a section heading where the page number would go, e.g., Melton B. Winstead, "Galilee, Sea of," Lexham Bible Dictionary, ed. John D. Barry (Belllingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2016), "The Sea in the New Testament." Unfortunately, LBD doesn't have any other locators as a digital-only reference work.

Michael Ransom

MJ.: 

First, thank you very much for the effort and expertise that you pour into these TODs. I read every one of them, and always gain something.

Regarding ebooks with no page numbers … I’m leading a discussion of The Pilgrim’s Progress this fall. The version of the book that comes with Logos has no page numbers. I’m searching for a method within the desktop software that will allow me to make references to specific sections throughout the book. All group members will be using the same edition of the book, in Logos. Do you have any suggestions?

Many thanks.

Mike

Rosie Perera

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1266807#Comment_1266807

I’m leading a discussion of The Pilgrim’s Progress this fall. The version of the book that comes with Logos has no page numbers. I’m searching for a method within the desktop software that will allow me to make references to specific sections throughout the book. All group members will be using the same edition of the book, in Logos. Do you have any suggestions?

You can get a link (URL) to a specific point in a book in Logos using the Copy Location command on the panel menu (click the three dots on upper right). If everyone in your group has Logos, you can copy the location as L4 (for Logos 4 style links; the format of those hasn't changed to the present version of Logos).

Michael Ransom

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1266808#Comment_1266808

Ah - great suggestion Rosie. I’ve used L4 for links between notes, but less frequently for copying locations. I think I will create a shared document for my group with L4 links tied to the discussion questions. Hopefully the links will work across ~12 people all using the Logos web app.

Have great day.

Mike