I am having a problem with APA citation with series names and volumes
Hi:
zotero generates
Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (1996). Title of book(edition, Vol. 1). City, Country: Publisher.
when it should generate
Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (1996). Title of book: Vol. 1. Title of series (edition). City, Country: Publisher.
zotero generates
Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (1996). Title of book(edition, Vol. 1). City, Country: Publisher.
when it should generate
Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (1996). Title of book: Vol. 1. Title of series (edition). City, Country: Publisher.
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As I say there, I'm willing to put it back in in there's compelling information that book series should be cited in general (and not just in some rare cases) in APA. Should the volume always be displayed as per above, or is that specific to a volume in a series?
For the example above
Title of book: Vol. 1. Title of series
should be entered into the title field of Zotero. All of this is the title of the book.
Zotero correctly cites a volume from a multivolume book as per
http://irsc.libguides.com/content.php?pid=176029&sid=1482291
Nash, M. (1993). Malay. In P. Hockings (Ed.), Encyclopedia of world cultures (Vol. 5, pp. 174-176). New York, NY: G.K. Hall.