Chicago Manual Style in Zotero

acherratf

Hi,

According to Chicago Manual of Style citation should be as following -> "title,". When i add a citation from zotero, i get: "title", . The comma is placed after the quotationmarks. How is that? It is not according the chosen style.

Anyone a clue?

Kind Regards Fatima

damnation

Hi,
Have a look here. Does the style produce it correctly here?
http://editor.citationstyles.org/styleInfo/?styleId=http://www.zotero.org/styles/chicago-author-date

If yes is the answer, then the problem lies not with the style, but somewhere else.
Can you confirm it's not working for you in a fresh document (Word or whatever you're using)?

acherratf

Hello,

I searched for the note variant because i don't use the author-date one. It seems correctly: http://editor.citationstyles.org/styleInfo/?styleId=http://www.zotero.org/styles/chicago-fullnote-bibliography

No unfortunatley it doesn't work differently in a fresh document.

bwiernik

This behavior is controlled by the locale of your document or Zotero client (e.g., US English has the comma inside the quotes, UK English has the comma outside). What language are your Zotero client and document set to?

acherratf

I believe Dutch..

bwiernik

Are you using the Word or LibreOffice plugin or copying references directly from Zotero?

acherratf

I use the Word plugin

acherratf

But the zotero editor shows the same fault

adamsmith

In the Word plugin, you can select the language under "Set Document Preferences". If you set it to en-US (US English), the comma will be placed inside the quotation marks.

bwiernik

In Document Preferences in the Zotero tab in Word or in the "Export" tab of Zotero Preferences. Change the locale from Dutch to English (US). You should see that comma switches to inside the quotes, per US style.

Do note that most users and publications that use Chicago style and other widespread generic styles adapt grammatical rules like common placement, quotes type, and translations of words like "et al." or "and" based on the conventions of the language being used in the publication. So, this isn't really a problem.

acherratf

Yes, solved. Thanks!