FRUS citation type

velovite

I am a history PhD and often cite Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS). While originally a series of volumes, FRUS has been digitized for some years, and most people now use the electronic version. However, the accepted citation method I use is: FRUS/years/volume/page, (ie, "FRUS 1952-52, Vol 8, 1208")
When inputting as a book, I get the "n.d." notation since i am not putting in a publishing date, but when input as a website, there is not a field for the volume. I tried putting the volume in the title field, but it is then italicized. I also have tired putting the volume in the URL field when using the website item template, but it then places the volume after n.d. as well (ie,“FRUS: 1952-1954,” n.d., 1208, Vol 8")

Is there a input format that I am unaware of that will list volume, but not generate the "n.d." if not date of publication is given? Or, alternatively, is there a way to get "n.d." to not show up?

Thanks!

velovite

Forgot to mention, I am using Chicago style.

dstillman

(Please don't double-post. I removed your other thread.)

velovite

My apologies, I thought I may have posted in the wrong category.

adamsmith

I don't think this can currently be done - Elena (erazlogo) is the local expert on Chicago style, but my sense is that it's quite rigorous about always putting a date or n.d. (and by that I mean the manual, not the Zotero/csl implementation).
The n.d. can be removed entirely in the style (that's easy) or for specific item types - a little harder, but also possible.

Would it be so bad to have the publication date repeated at the end? It would be omitted in the short (subsequent) note anyway.

velovite

It would not be the end of the world, but I cite numerous volumes, and the common way of citing just omits it now, as well as the publisher/location, contrary to the Chicago standard.

I think I have found a way around it though: using the book template, I just put a period/full stop in the year field. For some reason this prevents nd from showing up, but the period does not appear either. I am not sure if that is a bug, but if it is, don't fix it! ;)

Thanks for your help.

adamsmith

no, that's not technically a bug - there is something in the field - so it's not empty and Zotero doesn't put n.d. - but it's not a date - so Zotero doesn't actually print something. Your workaround - ugly as it is from a programmer point of view - should keep working.

velovite

It seems the 'workaround' of using a period in the date field to 'trick' zotero into not putting an 'n.d.' has stopped working, as in now the period shows up in the citations. (but strangely not all)

Any ideas, or am I stuck with this?

velovite

Perhaps I've been spoiled by the quick reply of Zotero folks- but is Anybody out there?