Sorting alphabetically but not in a table or single line

[Guest]

I am trying to build a usable bibliography where I may add references. I want
to be able to sort alphabetically the list I have and then be able to sort
after each new reference is added.

List is as follows last, first. Then date. Then title, etcetera. They are
from one line to several. I know the Table- sort-, etc., but it sort each
line alphabetically. I need each reference sorted alphabetically with as
little formatting as possible.

 

[Guest]

Hi Swill-

I'm afraid your problem isn't quite clear. You want an alpha sort based on
_what_?... Author name (last only, first & last), Title only, Title & last?

A table is still probably your best bet. Just type each data item into an
individual cell on the appropriate row and let each item wrap as necessary
within its cell. Once you have it compiled and sorted, select the table and
use Table>Convert>Table to Text & set 'Separate text with' to Commas. (It
might even be best to store your biblio table as a separate doc & replace in
the main doc as necessary.)

HTH |:>)

 

[Guest]

I am a graduate student and I write many papers. Necessarily I reference much
of the same work from my field of research in my different projects. I want
to build a bibliography where I can copy and paste reference items from a
hard list bibliography to the project I am working on. Such a bibliography
may eventually include perhaps over a hundred references. The entries are
APSR style sitings and are listed alphabetically by author last name first
e.g. Last name, first name. 2005. "Title of Article." Periodical Title.
Vol(no): 123-156. This obviously means that many entries may be several
lines. When I try and Table then sort, it sorts by each and every line. Not
very useful. If I do this in a table won't copy and pasting also paste the
table in the new text? That is why I want as little formatting as possible.

Thanks.

 

[Guest]

Since the primary sort key is author's last name followed by first name, and
those come first, perhaps a table isn't necessary. Try this;

When you type the biblio entries, press the Enter Key once (and only once)
at the end of each entry as though it were a paragraph consisting of 1 run-on
sentence.

Select the paragraphs that comprise the biblio and go to Table>Sort. Confirm
that the top list specifies 'Paragraphs' and that the 'No Header Row' option
is selected.

Regards |:>)

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

Just go purchase EndNote, ProCite, or ReferenceManager. All have trial
versions. For the student price of about $120 (I think, and possibly less
at your school), a bibliographic management software program will do all
this for you, plus let you automatically format and reformat your notes in
each paper you write. If you want to send an article to two different
journals, each of which require different bibliographic formatting, it will
switch the formatting for you. If you are a graduate student, you will
probably wind up with far more than 100 references eventually. The software
is probably worth the investment of the cash, and it will eventually work
out to save you far more time.

http://endnote.com
http://procite.com
http://refman.com

Google if the links don't work, I typed them from memory.