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I wonder if you are able to help me. I'm not able to get Zotero to reference correctly for me. Could you please let me know what settings it should be on?
I sent this to my tutor:
As practice, I've been saving the sources we've had a look at as part of this module. Could you please check if there are any glaring issues with what Zotero has produced?
‘American Danger: United States Empire, Eurafrica, and the Territorialization of Industrial Capitalism, 1870–1950 | JSTOR’. Accessed 12 October 2026. https://www-jstor-org.bham-ezproxy.idm.oclc.org/stable/26576994.
Bloch, Jan, and R. E. C. Long. The Future of War in Its Technical, Economic, and Political Relations. Ginn and company, 1902. https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/103438301.
Connell, Kieran, and Matthew Hilton. ‘Kieran Connell & Matthew Hilton, “The Working Practices of Birmingham’s Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies”, Social History, 40: 3 (2015), Pp. 287-311.’ Social History 40, no. 3 (2015): 287–311. https://doi.org/10.1080/03071022.2015.1043191.
‘Critical Geopolitics Ch 3.Pdf: LC The Making of the Contemporary World: 1800 to the Present (17304)’. Accessed 12 October 2026. https://canvas.bham.ac.uk/courses/88888/files/21897256?wrap=1.
‘Geographical Journal - 2004 - MACKINDER - The Geographical Pivot of History 1904.Pdf: LC The Making of the Contemporary World: 1800 to the Present (17304)’. Accessed 12 October 2026. https://canvas.bham.ac.uk/courses/88888/files/21897375?wrap=1.
Murphy, Adrian. ‘Untold Stories: Birmingham, the British Empire and Bangladeshi Curry’. Museums + Heritage, 5 December 2017. https://museumsandheritage.com/advisor/posts/untold-stories-birmingham-british-empire-bangladeshi-curry/.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. ‘Faraday, Michael (1791–1867), Natural Philosopher, Scientific Adviser, and Sandemanian’. https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/9153.
Stuart Hall Interviewed by Kieran Connell in Kieran Connell & Matthew Hilton (Eds), Cultural Studies 50 Years On: History, Practice and Politics (London: Rowman & Littlefield, 2014), p. 291. n.d.
The Historical Association. ‘Using Historical Sources’. 29 August 2010.
https://www.history.org.uk/student/resource/3211/using-historical-sources.
‘Trans Inst British Geog - 2010 - Kearns - Geography Geopolitics and Empire.Pdf: LC The Making of the Contemporary World: 1800 to the Present (17304)’. Accessed 12 October 2026. https://canvas.bham.ac.uk/courses/88888/files/21897333?wrap=1.
University of Birmingham. ‘Aston Webb Carved Figures’. Accessed 7 October 2026. https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/cultural-attractions/university-collections/visit-the-collections/public-sculpture-trail/aston-webb-carved-figures.
University of Birmingham. ‘Barber Heraldic Shields’. Accessed 7 October 2026.
https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/cultural-attractions/university-collections/visit-the-collections/public-sculpture-trail/barber-heraldic-shields.
University of Birmingham. ‘Chamberlain Family Guide’. Accessed 7 October 2026. https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/cadbury/rlt/subject-guides/chamberlain-family-guide.aspx.
University of Birmingham. ‘Chancellor’s Court Friezes’. Accessed 7 October 2026. https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/cultural-attractions/university-collections/visit-the-collections/public-sculpture-trail/chancellors-court-friezes.
University of Birmingham. ‘Engineering Department Frieze’. Accessed 7 October 2026. https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/cultural-attractions/university-collections/visit-the-collections/public-sculpture-trail/engineering-department-frieze.
University of Birmingham. ‘Faraday’. Accessed 7 October 2026.
https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/cultural-attractions/university-collections/visit-the-collections/public-sculpture-trail/faraday.
University of Birmingham. ‘Girl in a Hat’. Accessed 7 October 2026.
https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/cultural-attractions/university-collections/visit-the-collections/public-sculpture-trail/girl-in-a-hat.
University of Birmingham. ‘Heraldic Shields from Old Library’. Accessed 7 October 2026. https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/cultural-attractions/university-collections/visit-the-collections/public-sculpture-trail/heraldic-shields-from-old-library.
University of Birmingham. ‘King George I’. Accessed 7 October 2026.
https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/cultural-attractions/university-collections/visit-the-collections/public-sculpture-trail/king-george-i.
University of Birmingham. ‘Mason College Heraldic Shields’. Accessed 7 October 2026. https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/cultural-attractions/university-collections/visit-the-collections/public-sculpture-trail/mason-college-heraldic-shields.
University of Birmingham. ‘Medical School Coat of Arms’. Accessed 7 October 2026. https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/cultural-attractions/university-collections/visit-the-collections/public-sculpture-trail/medical-school-coat-of-arms.
University of Birmingham. ‘Mermaid Fountain’. Accessed 7 October 2026. https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/cultural-attractions/university-collections/visit-the-collections/public-sculpture-trail/mermaid-fountain.
University of Birmingham. ‘Mermaid Relief’. Accessed 7 October 2026. https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/cultural-attractions/university-collections/visit-the-collections/public-sculpture-trail/mermaid-relief.
University of Birmingham. ‘Morning and Night’. Accessed 7 October 2026. https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/cultural-attractions/university-collections/visit-the-collections/public-sculpture-trail/morning-and-night.
University of Birmingham. ‘Pump Room Door’. Accessed 7 October 2026. https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/cultural-attractions/university-collections/visit-the-collections/public-sculpture-trail/pump-room-door.
University of Birmingham. ‘Red Stack’. Accessed 7 October 2026.
https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/cultural-attractions/university-collections/visit-the-collections/public-sculpture-trail/red-stack.
University of Birmingham. ‘Rose Sidgwick Memorial Birdbath’. Accessed 7 October 2026. https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/cultural-attractions/university-collections/visit-the-collections/public-sculpture-trail/rose-sidgwick-memorial-birdbath.
University of Birmingham. ‘Symbols of the Arts’. Accessed 7 October 2026. https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/cultural-attractions/university-collections/visit-the-collections/public-sculpture-trail/symbols-of-the-arts.
University of Birmingham. ‘The Wrestlers’. Accessed 7 October 2026. https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/cultural-attractions/university-collections/visit-the-collections/public-sculpture-trail/the-wrestlers.
University of Birmingham. ‘Theme and Variation’. Accessed 7 October 2026. https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/cultural-attractions/university-collections/visit-the-collections/public-sculpture-trail/theme-and-variation.
She replied with this:
Zotero is great! However, it's a good idea to double check the output. This website is really helpful as a handy guide to make sure the output aligns: https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide/citation-guide-1.html
With the examples you've sent, citations like this aren't quite the correct format: ‘Geographical Journal - 2004 - MACKINDER - The Geographical Pivot of History 1904.Pdf: LC The Making of the Contemporary World: 1800 to the Present (17304)’. Accessed 12 October 2026. https://canvas.bham.ac.uk/courses/88888/files/21897375?wrap=1.
- you should be citing the document rather than the file, so no links to canvas, no mention of the module name, etc.! The correct bibliographic citation is actually on the Canvas page here:
Halford Mackinder, 'The Geographical Pivot of History' The Geographical Journal, 23 (1904), 4: 298-321.
So I would cross reference with the citation guide linked above to ensure your Zotero citations are correct.
Beckert, Sven. “American Danger: United States Empire, Eurafrica, and the Territorialization of Industrial Capitalism, 1870–1950.” The American Historical Review 122, no. 4 (2017): 1137–70.