Upgrade Storageimproving the ASA (American Sociological Association) Style citation style file
Hi,
I'm hoping someone here can help correct some of the many mistakes in the American Sociological Association style. This is the most prevalent style used by sociologists, so improving its accuracy will no doubt help many Zotero users.
I have checked all the ASA citations through Zotero against the ASA style guide and made notes below. However, I'm not familiar with editing these .csl files. Is there an experienced coder out there who is willing to help with these changes?
Thanks very much, Charlotte
—————Book Item Types—————
citation style issue: “Volume” field is not incorporated into “book” item type citations.
ASA guidelines (4th edition, page 99):
Gurr, Ted Robert, ed. 1989. Violence in America. Vol. 1, The History of Crime (italics). Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.
Thirsk, Joan, ed. 1984. The Agrarian History of England and Wales. Vol. 5, 1640-1750 (italics). Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.
suggested fix: add “Volume” number to citation (this field is not in italics). Since Zotero doesn’t have a field for Volume Title, we can ignore this field and at least incorporated the volume number.
—————Year Data Field—————
citation style issue: currently the date field selects only the first year given. ex: if “[1865] 1957” is entered in the “date” field, the citation style prints “1865”
ASA guidelines (4th edition, page 100):
Bernard, Claude. [1865] 1957. An Introduction to the Study of Experimental Medicine (italics). Translated by H. C. Greene. Reprint, New York: Dover.
Goldman, Emma. [1914] 1987. 1he Social Signficance of the Modern Drama (italics). Reprint, New York: Applause.
suggested fix: change the date field to allow bracketed dates to be printed in full in the citation. This is most important for books, but could be implemented for all item types.
—————Presentation Item Type—————
citation style issue: currently does not incorporate “place” and “meeting name” fields into citation for presentation item types.
ASA guidelines (4th edition, page 106):
Zerubavel,Eviatar. 1978. "Thee Benedictine Ethic and the Spirit of Scheduling." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations, April 22, Milwaukee, WI.
suggested fix: add "meeting name" followed by a comma and then "place" followed by a period
—————Report Item Type—————
Citation style issue: currently does not incorporate “report type” or “report number” fields into citation for report type items.
ASA guidelines (4th edition, page 104):
Bonczar, Thomas and Allen J. Beck. 1997. Lifetime Likelihood of Going to State or Federal Prison (italics). Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report. NCJ 160092. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice.
General Accounting Office. 1990. Death Penalty Sentencing: Research Indicates Pattern ofRacial Disparities (italics). GGD-90- 57. Washington, DC: General Accounting Office.
Suggested fix: add “report type” period and then “report number” period after the “title” field and before the “place”:”institution” fields
—————Manuscript Item Type—————
Citation style issue: currently does not incorporate “type” or “place” fields into manuscript type item citation
ASA guidelines (4th edition, page 105):
Dickens, William and Kevin Lang. 1985. "Testing Dual Labor Market Theory: A Reconsideration of the Evidence." Working Paper No. 1670, National Bureau of Economic Research, Chicago, IL.
Sorensen, Aage B. 1983. "Processes of Allocation to Open and Closed Positions in Social Structure." Discussion Paper No. 722-83, Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
Suggested fix: add “type” comma “place” period after the “title” field.
—————Misc.—————
The following citation issues have to do with Zotero’s item types and field options rather than the citation style:
Book Reviews (needs to be a new, additional item type)
Translated Books (needs to be a “translator” field in the “book” item type)
Podcasts (no “date” field in this item type)
I'm hoping someone here can help correct some of the many mistakes in the American Sociological Association style. This is the most prevalent style used by sociologists, so improving its accuracy will no doubt help many Zotero users.
I have checked all the ASA citations through Zotero against the ASA style guide and made notes below. However, I'm not familiar with editing these .csl files. Is there an experienced coder out there who is willing to help with these changes?
Thanks very much, Charlotte
—————Book Item Types—————
citation style issue: “Volume” field is not incorporated into “book” item type citations.
ASA guidelines (4th edition, page 99):
Gurr, Ted Robert, ed. 1989. Violence in America. Vol. 1, The History of Crime (italics). Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.
Thirsk, Joan, ed. 1984. The Agrarian History of England and Wales. Vol. 5, 1640-1750 (italics). Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.
suggested fix: add “Volume” number to citation (this field is not in italics). Since Zotero doesn’t have a field for Volume Title, we can ignore this field and at least incorporated the volume number.
—————Year Data Field—————
citation style issue: currently the date field selects only the first year given. ex: if “[1865] 1957” is entered in the “date” field, the citation style prints “1865”
ASA guidelines (4th edition, page 100):
Bernard, Claude. [1865] 1957. An Introduction to the Study of Experimental Medicine (italics). Translated by H. C. Greene. Reprint, New York: Dover.
Goldman, Emma. [1914] 1987. 1he Social Signficance of the Modern Drama (italics). Reprint, New York: Applause.
suggested fix: change the date field to allow bracketed dates to be printed in full in the citation. This is most important for books, but could be implemented for all item types.
—————Presentation Item Type—————
citation style issue: currently does not incorporate “place” and “meeting name” fields into citation for presentation item types.
ASA guidelines (4th edition, page 106):
Zerubavel,Eviatar. 1978. "Thee Benedictine Ethic and the Spirit of Scheduling." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations, April 22, Milwaukee, WI.
suggested fix: add "meeting name" followed by a comma and then "place" followed by a period
—————Report Item Type—————
Citation style issue: currently does not incorporate “report type” or “report number” fields into citation for report type items.
ASA guidelines (4th edition, page 104):
Bonczar, Thomas and Allen J. Beck. 1997. Lifetime Likelihood of Going to State or Federal Prison (italics). Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report. NCJ 160092. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice.
General Accounting Office. 1990. Death Penalty Sentencing: Research Indicates Pattern ofRacial Disparities (italics). GGD-90- 57. Washington, DC: General Accounting Office.
Suggested fix: add “report type” period and then “report number” period after the “title” field and before the “place”:”institution” fields
—————Manuscript Item Type—————
Citation style issue: currently does not incorporate “type” or “place” fields into manuscript type item citation
ASA guidelines (4th edition, page 105):
Dickens, William and Kevin Lang. 1985. "Testing Dual Labor Market Theory: A Reconsideration of the Evidence." Working Paper No. 1670, National Bureau of Economic Research, Chicago, IL.
Sorensen, Aage B. 1983. "Processes of Allocation to Open and Closed Positions in Social Structure." Discussion Paper No. 722-83, Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
Suggested fix: add “type” comma “place” period after the “title” field.
—————Misc.—————
The following citation issues have to do with Zotero’s item types and field options rather than the citation style:
Book Reviews (needs to be a new, additional item type)
Translated Books (needs to be a “translator” field in the “book” item type)
Podcasts (no “date” field in this item type)
On your end, some notes:
Don't input original dates as [1848] 1990 in Zotero. Instead, add 1848 in the Extra field like this:
original-date: 1848Not sure if the ASA style will pick that up (though I think I remember it does), but it's the only way that's even technically possible for the citation style.
Also, the book item type does allow for translators and you can indicate book reviews by specifying a reviewed author for journal articles.
"Podcast" maps to the same CSL type as Audio Recording so you can probably approximate what you need with that.
Very helpful to know about the original-date in the Extra field. However, I'm still not seeing the fields for translator field in the book item or the reviewed author field in the journal article item.
- Original dates: style will already show it as requested if input in the extra field as outlined by adamsmith.
- volume: adapted for chapters and added for books
- Presentation: added. Please test thoroughly. Only did this blind.
- report: genre and number added. URL removed!
- manuscript: added (number via call number)
Right click and save as: https://github.com/POBrien333/styles/raw/0f89794b842756812034f7d5943c5b9b1899eaba/american-sociological-association.csl
I don't routinely use ASA, but I'm a librarian and was demonstrating Zotero to a new Sociology professor. The problem I encountered was with the in-text citation:
I believe a citation should appear as, for example, Weber (1905) with a space before the parens but Zotero doesn't insert a space. Am I doing something wrong?
Elana
https://www.zotero.org/support/word_processor_plugin_usage#customizing_cites