Page field: what about column or folio?

MHSmith

Citation locators include not only pages but folios/folia and columns. But what if the work itself needs to be entered with a folio-range or column-range instead of a page-range? This can easily occur at least for types such as dictionary/encyclopedia articles (columns), and chapters (in old books or manuscripts, with folios). Couldn't the page field n Zotero offer a drop down menu adding folios and columns as an option for specific types? (since it is an either/or situation, you don't get pages + folios or columns).

e.g.
"Article" in Dictionary (place date), vol. 2, cols. 123-124.

fbennett

Some styles require page + column for some sources:

http://libguides.library.uwa.edu.au/content.php?pid=34315&sid=991218

MHSmith

Ah yes, hadn't thought of newspapers, you would need two separate fields, page and column (and no folio) at least for type = newspaper article. Whereas until now Zotero just has pages for newspaper articles anyway, same as other types.

Manuscripts and early printed books also have folia (or pages) + columns, but they are usually referenced more or less like this: fol. 2ra (fol. 2 recto, 1st col.).

Actually, for folia, it would make sense to have fields for "recto" and "verso", because styles vary: 2 recto can be written out "2r", "2 r", "2r°", "2 r°", or plain "2".

Gracile

Couldn't the page field n Zotero offer a drop down menu adding folios and columns as an option for specific types?

And a "plus button" to add more than one locator if needed. (authors-field-like behaviour)?

MHSmith

Well, for the time being, you just write different ranges into a single field, don't you (p. 1-23, 45-56), if say an article is published in several installments. Isn't that sufficient, since you don't need the sophisticated parsing of the author field?

Edit: oh you mean if you need differents kinds of locators, pages or folios + columns. Yes, why not. But that would really be most useful in the word processor plugin, wouldn't it?