Citing an article or essay within a multi-author book?

tractiononreality

My guess is this is not an option but I'll ask just in case. Is there a way for Zotero to cite a specific chapter (essay or article) within a multi-author book (collection of essays, etc.)? Perhaps there are sources that would feed the necessary information or Zotero to create the citation.

Thanks,
José

bwiernik

You would enter such items as “Book Section” and enter both the chapter and book titles, as well as both the authors and editors.

tractiononreality

Thank you.

I was thinking one-click solutions using plugins, etc.

Now, in the way you just explained it, would I have to "start again" (that is, enter chapter and book titles and the authors and editors info) if I want to cite another chapter/section of the book?

bwiernik

The Zutilo plugin adds an option to the right click menu to streamline the process of making Book Section items from a Book item.

djross3

The general solution is to use the ISBN and convert to a book chapter, which requires minimal manual changes (adding title, chapter author and pages). A more specific solution that works for some publishers is using the DOI for a chapter if available, from the publisher's website (and if the publisher formats everything correctly, so it's actually less work than just converting from ISBN).

tractiononreality

Thank you

romanodvm

I just found this thread because I had the same question. I tried the Zutilo plug-in and it works perfectly.... thanks!