Adding Short Title in a Subsequent Citation by the Same Author, OSCOLA

bsg
Hi all,

Perhaps this topic has already been discussed before, but I am not very good at computer stuff. So I need to ask again and hope somebody can help me. I am using OSCOLA reference style in Zotero. However, in my paper there are some authors that I am using several sources of them. Therefore for these specific authors I would like to add short titles in subsequent citations in order to differentiate them. I have managed by chance to do it before for 2 specific sources. However, I cannot do the same thing again with other sources. Can anyone help me in this regard, please??
  • adamsmith
    that should just happen automatically already -- you're using the word processor add-on?
  • bsg
    Yes I am using the word add-on. But maybe I could not explain well myself. I mean the situation in this example:

    I have two sources like:
    1.Note 49-Paul Smith, 'Europeanisation of Arbitration Law' ...
    2.Note 82-Paul Smith 'Arbitration and the World'...

    When I give subsequent references, the current outcome is:
    Smith (n 49) 8.
    Smith (n 82) 12.

    But I would like it to be seen as by adding short titles:
    Smith 'Europeanisation' (n 49) 8.
    Smith 'Arbitration' (n 82) 12.

    This is required by OSCOLA. But I can't do that with Zotero.
  • adamsmith
    Let me look at that. I wonder if the presence of the cross references means that Zotero think it doesn't need the short-title to clarify anymore. If that's the case, might not be an easy fix.
  • bsg
    Thank you very much for your attempt to help. As I said, I managed to do it before by changing some parts in the edit part. But I cannot do it anymore, even though I have tried the same things many times. I hope I can find a way to fix it because I spent the whole day today for that rather than making a progress in my paper :(
  • bsg
    By the way do you want to see the sources I have? I couldn`t get what you meant exactly.
  • adamsmith
    probably not necessary, no. I'll ask if I can't replicate this.
  • judithschaeli
    I have exactly the same issue. Were you able to find a solution?
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