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I am aware that this exists: Referencing page number with only one reference however, my question expands upon it.

Tex file:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{natbib}
\bibliographystyle{agsm}


\begin{document}
Reference to the book  without parenthesis: \cite{kopka2003guide}
Reference to specific page without parenthesis: \cite[p. 150]{kopka2003guide}


Reference to the book with parenthesis: \citep{kopka2003guide}
Reference to specific page wit parenthesis: \citep[p. 150]{kopka2003guide}


\bibliography{references.bib}
\end{document}

Now I would expect to end up with something like this:

Reference to the book  without parenthesis: Kopka & Daly (2003)
Reference to specific page without parenthesis: Kopka & Daly (2003, p 150)

Reference to the book with parenthesis: (Kopka & Daly 2003)
Reference to specific page wit parenthesis: (Kopka & Daly 2003, p 150)

Instead I end up with this:

Reference to the book  without parenthesis: Kopka & Daly (2003)
Reference to specific page without parenthesis: (Kopka & Daly 2003, p 150)

Reference to the book with parenthesis: (Kopka & Daly 2003)
Reference to specific page wit parenthesis (Kopka & Daly 2003, p 150)

So is there any way to end up with an actual reference to a specific page without parenthesis (case 2)?

Bib file:

@book{kopka2003guide,
  title        = {Guide to LaTeX (Adobe Reader)},
  author       = {Kopka, H. and Daly, P.W.},
  isbn         = 9780321617743,
  year         = 2003,
  publisher    = {Pearson Education}
}
vagvaf
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  • Welcome to TeX.SE. – Mico Mar 12 '22 at 12:37
  • This behaviour of \cite in author-year citations is the reason that officially the natbib documentation recommends not using \cite and instead recommends using \citet and \citep. – moewe Mar 13 '22 at 10:45

1 Answers1

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You asked,

So is there any way to end up with an actual reference to a specific page without parenthesis [around the author part of the citation call-out] (case 2)?

Yes: Just use \citet instead of \cite.

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\documentclass{article}
\begin{filecontents}[overwrite]{references.bib}
@book{kopka2003guide,
  title        = {Guide to LaTeX (Adobe Reader)},
  author       = {Kopka, H. and Daly, P.W.},
  isbn         = 9780321617743,
  year         = 2003,
  publisher    = {Pearson Education}
}
\end{filecontents}

\usepackage{har2nat} % to maximize compatibility with hyperref package
\bibliographystyle{agsm}


\begin{document}


Reference to the book  without parenthesis: \citet{kopka2003guide}


Reference to specific page without parenthesis: \citet[p.\ 150]{kopka2003guide}


\medskip
Reference to the book with parenthesis: \citep{kopka2003guide}


Reference to specific page with parenthesis: \cite[p.\ 150]{kopka2003guide}


\bibliography{references.bib}
\end{document}
Mico
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