Wrong Citation

Hnin Hayhman

Hello there,
I am using zotero for my thesis and I found out that some of the citations were wrong like "WHO Survey on AMR.pdf, n.d.". I use the Harvard referencing style and I don't know how to correct it and please kindly advise me what to do it.

dstillman

You're citing PDF attachments directly. You need to cite actual items with bibliographic metadata.

If you have a standalone PDF that wasn't automatically recognized, either save from a webpage where Zotero is able to detect metadata and drag the PDF onto the new item or right-click on the PDF, select Create Parent Item, and enter the metadata manually.

Hnin Hayhman

Hello there,
Can I correct some wrong citations in Zotero directly?

bwiernik

You need to make proper Zotero items, not just the attachment files, in Zotero, like dstillman described above.

Hnin Hayhman

Is this citation "(“Sustainable Development Goals .:. Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform,” n.d.)" correct? Why date is not included?

dstillman

Because a date isn't entered into the Date field. If high-quality metadata isn't added automatically for a particular item, you need to save an item from another source or edit the item yourself to include it.

I would strongly recommend starting by reading through Adding Items to Zotero and some of the other documentation, since it sounds like you're generally not understanding how to use Zotero.