Blogs in bibliography with Chicago Manual 17th edition, author-date

laura.malaguzzi · January 18, 2018

I am trying to create a reference for a blog using Zotero for Word with the Chicago style. Reading through the code, it looks like it should add "(blog)" after the blog title. However, when I tag a document as 'Blog Post' in Zotero and create a bibliography (Chicago 17th-author-date), it does not add "(blog)".

The CSL says:
'if type="post-weblog"
text value="(blog)"'

An example:
Biru, Hana, and Joe Thwaites. 2015. “INSIDER: Examining Finance Needs in Countries’ National Climate Plans (INDCs).” November 27, 2015. http://www.wri.org/blog/2015/11/insider-examining-finance-needs-countries’-national-climate-plans-indcs.

Am I doing something wrong? Or is there a way to modify the CSL to get it to print "(blog)"?

The Chicago Manual itself suggests adding (blog) is optional, but I would prefer to have it as the default.

Thank you in advance.

damnation · January 19, 2018

Hi,

I've just tried this with you with some random citation. Comes out like this:
Lewis, Tim. 2017. “‘How I Caught a Serial Killer – and Lost My Career in the Police’ | UK News | The Guardian.” Blog. The Guardian - the Police Observer (blog). June 25, 2017. https://www.theguardian.com/global/2017/jun/25/catching-a-serial-killer-stephen-fulcher-police.

Entered like this:
Type Blog Post
Author Lewis, Tim
URL https://www.theguardian.com/global/2017/jun/25/catching-a-serial-killer-stephen-fulcher-police
Date 25.06.2017
Extra Herbert
Accessed 10.8.2017, 14:54:32
Blog Title The Guardian - the Police Observer
Date Added 10.8.2017, 14:54:32
Modified 19.1.2018, 09:41:00

laura.malaguzzi · January 19, 2018

Thank you! You have to fill in the 'Blog Title' field in order to have it print (blog).

Good to know. Thank you damnation for looking into this. I will add this to the tips for authors for my organization.

adamsmith · January 19, 2018

We should also look at this in the style -- doesn't look quite right to me the way it comes out.

laura.malaguzzi · January 19, 2018

FYI, I do not get the extra 'Blog.' that damnation has in the example.
That seems to appear if you fill in the 'Website Type' field with the entry 'Blog'.

If I leave the 'Website Type' blank, I get the following, which is what I want:

Lewis, Tim. 2017. “‘How I Caught a Serial Killer – and Lost My Career in the Police.’” The Guardian (blog). June 25, 2017. https://www.theguardian.com/global/2017/jun/25/catching-a-serial-killer-stephen-fulcher-police.

I entered the following information:
Item Type: Blog Post
Title: ‘How I caught a serial killer – and lost my career in the police’
Author: Lewis, Tim
Abstract - left blank
Blog Title: The Guardian
Website type - left blank
Date: 25/06/2017
URL: https://www.theguardian.com/global/2017/jun/25/catching-a-serial-killer-stephen-fulcher-police
Accessed: 2018-01-19 08:56:46
Language/Short Title/Rights - all blank
Extra - I tried both blank and adding Herbert as damnation does - no difference in output.
Date added - automatically filled in
Date modified - automatically filled in

adamsmith · January 19, 2018

Right, but we probably shouldn't be printing that the Type then at all unless there are compelling cases where it's helpful --I'll look at the manual again and decide. Thanks!