There is a random "a" at the end of the citation-how do I fix this?

schlegelamy
Hello!

So I am trying to rectify a problem with an in-text citation in APA format (6th edition). Zotero generated the following citation: (e.g., Hatzenbuehler & McLaughlin, 2014a; Richman & Jonassaint, 2008) )

I want to delete the extra "a" after 2014 and I want to delete the extra parenthesis at the end of the citation, but I need to go in Zotero itself to fix this, any thought on what is generating the extra "a" and the unnecessary parenthesis at the end?

Thanks in advance :)
  • adamsmith
    Are you sure you've not added the parenthesis yourself? Otherwise, have you checked the data in Zotero and made sure you don't have it there? I don't see any way APA style could ever end a single citation with ) ).

    The a is used for disambiguation. Insert a bibliography and you should two
    Hatzenbuehler & McLaughlin, 2014 entries, one with a) one with b). Might be a duplicate entry in your database or at least the document.

This is an old discussion that has not been active in a long time. Before commenting here, you should strongly consider starting a new discussion instead. If you think the content of this discussion is still relevant, you can link to it from your new discussion.

Sign In or Register to comment.