your cite position if you have the reference at your side what's the big deal about typing in the book and the page number if you're stephen hawking and you're having trouble typing because of your disability i'd fight for the policy to be changed allowing you to have software that automatically inserts because i say so stephen hawking after every period that's followed by a space but who's who in science and engineering doesn't appear to list scienceapologist guess i'm not alone in thinking you're a mere mortal like the rest of us boy that must really be a bummer for you to be treated that way help make wikipedia the most authoritative source of information in the world