How do I get "date accessed" for URL references?

Stern · September 29, 2008

Hi, I am trying to add references to websites I have accessed to my paper, however the best I can get is Chicago Manual of Style (full note and bibliography) which manages to show the URL. The others don't even show the URL, and none of them show the date accessed, which is very important? How can I add it?

Zotero Version: 1.0.7
Firefox: 3.0.3
Office 2007

Please help me with this, I need to hand in my paper later today and I had not anticipated this problem.

Thanks,

Stern

eg of what I need

<main text>
blablabalblabla(4) blablablabla
</main text>
<footnote>
(4) Author, Name of webpage, URL, Date Accessed
</footnote>

Stern · September 29, 2008

Or, does anyone know if anybody has already made a custom CSL that will do this for me?

ksclarke · October 9, 2008

I don't know but I'm also curious. I'm surprised to find Date Accessed not output with a URL.

noksagt · October 9, 2008

Check the "Include URLs of paper articles in references" setting under "export" & then use a style that already emits a URL. If you think that a particular style should be emitting a "URL" but is not when that option is enabled, post with the style name, a link to the style's information (if possible), and the formatting that you'd like to see.

Stern · October 16, 2008

Well what I'm looking for myself is a way to reliably have the "Date Accessed" added to the endnote (along with the URL of course). I'm not on my office computer at the moment so I can't check which style I was using but would you be able to take a look at that for me also (I'm assuming you made an offer to take a look in your last post ;)

Thanks, Stern

erazlogo · October 16, 2008

Chicago Manual of Style 15th ed., 17.12:

"Access dates in online source citations are of limited value, since previous versions will often be unavailable to readers (not to mention that an author may have consulted several revisions across any number of days in the course of research). Chicago therefore does not generally recommend including them in a published citation."

Stern · October 20, 2008

Thank you for the advice erazlogo, however whether or not it is recommended was not my question. I want to know how to make sure the "date accessed" is in the reference.