How to insert a reference title in inline citations, particularly when citations are ambiguous?

KrisAnathema

Hi,

I would like to have a Citation Style in which the inline citation contains:
- Authors (with "et al." when 3 or more),
- Year,
- Title (particularly when Authors wrote several references in the same year, in order to replace "2013a,b")

Then, I can easily see which reference is which!

I do not know how to change Citation Styles for this to happen!

Any ideas? Thanks in advance!

fbennett

I'm pretty sure the MLA style (Modern Language Association) works like that.

KrisAnathema

Actually, it does not. The inline citation of the "MLA style 7th edition" only reveals Authors!

adamsmith

doesn't exist. What's it for?

KrisAnathema

It is for a file for my private use about relationships between papers.

I was thinking it would be easier to understand which paper is referred to when the title is already in the inline citations!

It does not seem so complex though, as there is already the disambugation case with "2013a" and "2013b". Instead of "a" and "b", I would like the title!

But I do not know how to do it!

adamsmith

basic idea is to use
<if disambiguate="true">
the same way MLA or MHRA do, but to do that in an author-date style of your choice.
But we, unfortunately, can't customize styles for individual use, so you'll have to figure out the details yourself, starting with
http://www.zotero.org/support/dev/citation_styles/style_editing_step-by-step

KrisAnathema

Well, it does not have to remain private, if other users are interested ;-)

Thanks for the info. I will try to figure out how to do it!

It will be a good exercise!

adamsmith

(see edit above that should help).

Well, it does not have to remain private, if other users are interested ;-)

yeah, we at CSL only do journals, major style manuals and associations. For everything else, we can give pointers but that's about it.