Notes and Bibliographies

rodgerbird

Does anybody know if it's possible to easily add notes to a bibliography? I want to create a large bibliography and include notes that are in each library item. I'm just wondering if there's a way to avoid copying and pasting each note individually.

Thanks and Happy New Year.

adamsmith

nope, not easily possible - the content of notes cannot be called by csl (the citation style language used by zotero). The content of the "extra" field can be used for something like annotated bibliographies.

rodgerbird

Thanks so much. Actually I'm trying to produce an annotated bibliography. How do you get the extra material to show up in a bibliography? Is it a matter of choosing the right style?

adamsmith

you might have to modify a style - I don't think there is one on the repository
adding something like
<text variable="note" prefix="
"/>

(including the odd looking line break) at the end of the bibliography section should do the trick.
http://www.zotero.org/support/csl_simple_edits
gives you some easy to follow instructions for simple style edits.

arggem

This thread talks about using Chicago Manual of Style (Annotated Bibliography. Does that no longer work?

If it still works, it can be installed here.

Or am I missing something?

adamsmith

just to confirm - if Chicago Manual of Style is good for you, the style linked to by arggem will work great (using the information in the extra field).