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I'm curious how folks incorporate original dates of publication into 
their databases and styles.  What I have in mind is this.  Suppose 
you're working with the Collected Works of John Dewey, published over 
the last 20 years.  You want to cite the CW editions of some text, but 
also have the reference list -- perhaps even the in-text citations -- 
indicate date of original publication.  

I've designated a custom field for Original Dates.  I tried to 
incorporate them into citations and bibliographies, but ran into a 
problem.  I used a modified Author-Date format, thus:  
(Dewey 1908/1977).  But I had two references with precisely the same 
dates, and EN+ PIM wouldn't put a disambiguating letter in, thus:
(Dewey 1908/1977a).  

I don't want to put "1908/1977" into the Year field itself, in case I 
want to format a paper without original dates.  

What do other folks do?  

Bill Blattner

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