APA in-text quotes and page numbers

studemeyercc · May 30, 2014

Does anyone know why an APA in-text citation of multiple works will list the works cited in alphabetical order, even if one of the works is quoted directly and therefore has a page number? I've never seen APA list the work that is quoted directly somewhere other than first in the citation.

For instance, what is happening is: (Adams 2010; Fox 2008; Manning 2013, p. 42; Smith 2004).
From what I understand it should be: (Manning 2013, p. 42; Adams 2010; Fox 2008; Smith 2004).

Any suggestions or comments?

adamsmith · May 30, 2014

you can uncheck the "keep sources sorted" option in the word processor add-on for those citations: https://www.zotero.org/support/word_processor_plugin_usage#citations_with_multiple_cited_items

I'm pretty sure you could have several page numbers/ranges in such a citation, if you're e.g. pointing to a large chunk from a book for a comparison or so, so I don't think Zotero could or should solve this automatically.

The easiest way to re-order items in multiple citations is in the classic view.