Remove the "p." from postnode

Question

I need to quote from websites and i am searching for an option to add additional information to the quote instead of the page.

If I use for example \cite[foo]{bar} I would get something like [1, p. foo]. However, I don't want the "p." in there because it could be something different than a page. Is there an option to leave that out? It is not neccessary that I use \cite, another command would be ok as well.

I am using:

\usepackage[backend=biber, style=ieee, citestyle=numeric]{biblatex}

Welcome to TeX.SE. Please tell us which entry type you use for webpages and documents stored on websites. — Mico, Feb 10 '22 at 15:34

moewe · Accepted Answer · 2022-02-10T16:34:36.573

biblatex can usually detect whether or not your postnote argument is a page range and will only add the "p."/"pp." prefix if it is appropriate. Consider the following example

\documentclass[british]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage{csquotes}
\usepackage[backend=biber, style=ieee, citestyle=numeric]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{biblatex-examples.bib}
\begin{document}
Lorem \autocite[380]{sigfridsson}
ipsum \autocite[381-383]{sigfridsson}
dolor \autocite[not a page range]{sigfridsson}
sit \autocite[foo]{sigfridsson}
\printbibliography
\end{document}

If biblatex's detection is off for some reason, you can use \pno and \ppno to force "p." and "pp." respectively, or you can use \nopp to stop a "p."/"pp." prefix from appearing

Lorem \autocite[\nopp380]{sigfridsson}
ipsum \autocite[\nopp381-383]{sigfridsson}
dolor \autocite[\pno~371z]{sigfridsson}
sit \autocite[\ppno~381z-382q]{sigfridsson}

If you never want to see any automatic "p."/"pp." at all, you can get rid of it with

\documentclass[british]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage{csquotes}
\usepackage[backend=biber, style=ieee, citestyle=numeric]{biblatex}
\DeclareFieldFormat{postnote}{\mknormrange{#1}}
\addbibresource{biblatex-examples.bib}
\begin{document}
Lorem \autocite[380]{sigfridsson}
ipsum \autocite[381-383]{sigfridsson}
dolor \autocite[not a page range]{sigfridsson}
sit \autocite[foo]{sigfridsson}
\printbibliography
\end{document}

If you want to change the behaviour only for a specific entry, you can use the pagination field. pagination = {none}, suppresses the "p."/"pp." prefix, but you can select different schemes like verse or paragraph as well.

\documentclass[british]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage{csquotes}
\usepackage[backend=biber, style=numeric]{biblatex}
\begin{filecontents}{\jobname.bib}
@online{elk,
  author     = {Anne Elk},
  title      = {A Theory on Brontosauruses},
  year       = {1972},
  location   = {London},
  url        = {https://example.edu/~elk/bronto.html},
  pagination = {none},
}
@online{elk:tri,
  author     = {Anne Elk},
  title      = {A Theory on Triceratops},
  year       = {1980},
  location   = {London},
  url        = {https://example.edu/~elk/trici.html},
  pagination = {paragraph},
}
\end{filecontents}
\addbibresource{\jobname.bib}
\addbibresource{biblatex-examples.bib}
\begin{document}
Lorem \autocite[380]{sigfridsson}
ipsum \autocite[381]{elk}
dolor \autocite[382]{elk:tri}
\printbibliography
\end{document}

See also How to cite paragraphs rather than pages from bibliography reference?,

That works perfectly! I am using Lorem \autocite[\nopp380]{sigfridsson} Thanks for the very fast and detailed help! — rene, Feb 10 '22 at 16:26

Remove the "p." from postnode

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