Google Docs Tool -- Add the ability to include page numbers as part of the in-text citation
In APA if you are using a direct quote one should include the page number(s) as part of the in-text citation. In the Google docs tool, there is a space for adding page numbers for that very reason, but it's grayed out and unusable.
Our students primarily use Google docs for their writing so this would be super helpful.
APA 7th in-text citations do not include page numbers, unless there is a direct quote. Therefore the pages option is grayed out when selecting APA 7th. It is available for styles that include page numbers, such as MLA 7th Edition. There are two workarounds that allow editing page numbers when the style does not require them:
- Create a custom style with pages included and share it as an institutional style. For details refer to this section of the RefWorks Customer Knowledge Center: https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/RefWorks/Product_Documentation/RefWorks_User_Guide/0900_Managing_Citation_Styles#Editing_Non-CSL_Citation_Styles. Note that this style would then apply to all in-text citations in the document, whether they are direct quote or not.
- Use the required APA 7th style and add page numbers manually for direct quotes only.
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Elizabeth White commented
If you add page numbers manually RefWorks undos the work.
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Noor Breuning commented
Using the Add-on in Google Docs, not every citation style allows to add a page number via Edit and Cite. In the APA style the Page number function is greyed out. It's a very common style and it's also common to add page numbers to citations.