How do I find the page number of a digital resource for citation purposes?
I need to be able to put a page number after a citation, and I can't find them. Specifically, I'm currently looking at the Expositor's Bible Commentary, but I have this problem often where I can't find a page number. My last professor gave me a hard time about not putting page numbers after my citations.
Thanks for your help.
Cynthia
Cynthia
Romans 8:28-38
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I need to be able to put a page number after a citation, and I can't find them. Specifically, I'm currently looking at the Expositor's Bible Commentary, but I have this problem often where I can't find a page number.
Not all resources have page numbers. Typically Logos editions do, whereas Vyrso editions do not. If the resource DOES have page numbers, there are two ways to determine the page. First. there is a box with the page number(s) displayed (see red arrow). Secondly, you can turn on the page number visual filter and see where the page breaks are located (see green annotations).
For resources which don't have page numbers, you can use your style guide to determine how to appropriately cite the resource location. The use of logosres might work.
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Hi Cynthia:
If the resource doesn't have page numbers, and page numbers are absolutely non-negotiable with your teacher/institution, you could try one more thing. Search books.google.com to see if your title is available. If it is, the summary page has a search box; search on your estimate of the most unique phrase in the section. The search result(s) should display the page number(s).
[Edit : Obviously I misunderstood the problem, i.e., I thought the resource had no page numbers tagged. Sorry to further cloud up a struggling thread.]
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If the resource doesn't have page numbers, and page numbers are absolutely non-negotiable with your teacher/institution, you could try one more thing. Search books.google.com to see if your title is available. If it is, the summary page has a search box; search on your estimate of the most unique phrase in the section. The search result(s) should display the page number(s).
The same idea could work with the search function in Amazon.com
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My last professor gave me a hard time about not putting page numbers after my citations.
An open discussion, in class, about e-versions lack of page numbers might help especially if the discussion is requested the day after one discovers that the resource does not have page numbers rather then just before the paper is due [[when you knew that there were no page numbers months before]]
What if [[not sure this will work but]] :
The e-version of this of this work that I used does not have page numbers but the item that I quoted is in the xxx-number paragraph after the heading "XXXXXXXXX - heading text". It is yyy-number paragraph before the "YYYYYYY - heading text. It is in chapter nnnn-chapter number. The unique search string to find this reference is "sldkflhmd lsdhf kd" [[inserting the needed numbers and text]]
[[If the author has sub chapter numbers or headings maybe also reference the textual in distance paragraphs from them??]]
David...I'm not sure why you assumed my paper is due tomorrow. It's not. Actually, I just got started on it since class just started back up so I thought I'd ask here BEFORE I find myself in a pinch. As for the rest of your post, I'm assuming you are having a bad day and felt the need to be sarcastic. Hope your day turns around.
By hey, thanks for the encouragement![:S]
Cynthia
Romans 8:28-38
By hey, thanks for the encouragement!
We need to get the discussion started on what to do when all of the information needed for a citation is not available.
Did not MEAN to be sarcastic but my granddaughter, age 12, says that I do that regularly.
[My original version had the 'suggestion' at the end.]
Cynthia,
If you copy the desired text and paste it into MS Word it automatically includes a footnote (with the page number). IMO this is the easiest way to determine the page numbers while also citing your source. Just make sure that you choose the appropriate citation style in the program settings.
Also, it is usually advisable to indicate that you are using an electronic edition of published work. I found when using several resources in Logos the page numbers were a bit different than the physical book when writing my dissertation. Indicating that you are using Logos Bible Software edition is a good way to head off any potential troubles. (The Turabian Handbook gives good guidance on how to do this properly. Check out 17.1.10 Online and Other Electronic Books.)
Also, it is usually advisable to indicate that you are using an electronic edition of published work. I found when using several resources in Logos the page numbers were a bit different than the physical book when writing my dissertation. Indicating that you are using Logos Bible Software edition is a good way to head off any potential troubles. (The Turabian Handbook gives good guidance on how to do this properly. Check out 17.1.10 Online and Other Electronic Books.)
Aaron: Great advise! Thanks!
Cynthia
Romans 8:28-38
Is this what you are looking for?
Mission: To serve God as He desires.
Lynden and Alabama! Thanks so much! That worked!!!!
Cynthia
Romans 8:28-38
Chris: That's a great tip! Thanks so much!
Cynthia
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Okay, Chris...I tried that by exporting it to a word document and it said it was on Page one, but it's really on page 445. I have my style set already to Turabian. What am I doing wrong?
Cynthia
Romans 8:28-38
If you don't mind, can you share the resource that you are trying to copy from? It would be helpful for troubleshooting. If I have the same resource, I can try it. Every time that I have used it, the proper page number is displayed automatically.
Thanks so much for your offer to help. As referenced above, I'm using the Expository Bible Commentary, John and Acts. I think it's listed as Volume 9 in the series.
Cynthia
Romans 8:28-38
This is what I get copying text to Notepad:
Philip’s preaching has been defined in v. 5 as being a proclamation of “the Messiah” (ton Christon), with its content further specified in v. 12 as being “the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ.”
Longenecker, R. N. (1981). The Acts of the Apostles. In F. E. Gaebelein (Ed.), The Expositor’s Bible Commentary: John and Acts (Vol. 9, p. 357). Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House.
From Caesarea, Paul “went up” to Jerusalem, some sixty-five miles southeast. That the name “Jerusalem” does not appear in the text has led some to suppose Luke meant only that Paul went up from the harbor at Caesarea into the city to greet the congregation there.
Longenecker, R. N. (1981). The Acts of the Apostles. In F. E. Gaebelein (Ed.), The Expositor’s Bible Commentary: John and Acts (Vol. 9, p. 489). Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House.
I have my citation style style set to Turabian. What style do you have yours set to?
Cynthia
Romans 8:28-38
Turabian:
Richard N. Longenecker, “The Acts of the Apostles,” in The Expositor’s Bible Commentary: John and Acts, ed. Frank E. Gaebelein, vol. 9 (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1981), 445.
APA Style (6th Edition):
Longenecker, R. N. (1981). The Acts of the Apostles. In F. E. Gaebelein (Ed.), The Expositor’s Bible Commentary: John and Acts (Vol. 9, p. 445). Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House.
Okay, I'm officially stumped!!
Cynthia
Romans 8:28-38
One more thing. How do you do copy? Maybe that's the issue. Are you highlighting, going to print/export, exporting to word?
Cynthia
Romans 8:28-38
No! [:)]
Right click, make sure the "selection" tab is selected (EDIT: top tab, right side), click "copy" (EDIT: top choice, left side). Does that fix things?
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Right click on the section I want to quote?
Also, my selection tab is top tab, right side. Copy is on the left side for me.
Cynthia
Romans 8:28-38
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Yup, step by step that's exactly what I do, and I get NO citation at all.
Cynthia
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