Problem with apa style

gl7
Hello,
My english is bad, but I'll try to explain my problem.
Zotero is wonderful, and I like it, but I have some problems.
I use Zotero for works in psychology. The APA 6th edition style says that it must have ";" between the sources in multiple sources. When I use it in MSWord, it write ",". I don't know if it's possible to change that in settings ?
The order of citations seems also be wrong : I have multiple wors from one author with other authors. So it must be by alphabetical order of the second author, and it's not. How to change that ?
Thanks !
  • adamsmith
    OK, the first issue was a regression that was built into the style to solve the issue of (Smith 2001, 2002; Meyer 2004) type citations. Those won't look correct right now, but the semicolon delimiter is fixed, the fixed version will show up on the repository http://www.zotero.org/styles within 30mins.


    For the second issue, could I get an example?
  • gl7
    Thanks !

    For the second, I think I've found the solution : changing by myself the order of citations with "Zotero edit citation". Is it right ?
  • adamsmith
    Well, it would work, but I'd still like to see an example - in general, APA should sort citations correctly from the start and if it doesn't I'd like to fix that.
  • gl7
    Here is my example : (Schmidt & Van der Linden, 2009; Schmidt, Renaud, & Van der Linden, 2011)
    And I've seen the check box "keep the sources in alphabetical order". I've checked it, and it's not the good order. Perhaps is it because of the name Van der Linden, zotero sort with the L and not the V ?
  • adamsmith
    "Perhaps is it because of the name Van der Linden, zotero sort with the L and not the V ?"
    yes, that's the case. Is that not correct?
  • gl7
    No, I think not, I've seen publications, and generaly "Van Dxx" are after the "Rxxx". So, Van der Linden is classified in V, and not in L. But it's juste with what I've seen in other publications.

    Thank for your work of yesterday, it works perfectly!!
  • RintzeRintze
    @adamsmith, you already changed APA 6th edition just a few days ago to have "van der Linden" sort on "V", right?

    http://forums.zotero.org/discussion/19215/
  • adamsmith
    right, I was getting confused there. - gl7 - if you try this again it should sort correctly when inserting a citation with the updated style, but probably won't automatically correct the sorting of old citations. Let us know if that's the case.
  • gl7
    Yes, it sort correctly. Thank you for your job !
    Now there are little problems with the bibliography itself. But I think that I must change things manually. In this citation, there are 2 examples of mistakes :

    Whiteside, S. P., Lynam, D. R., Miller, J. D., & Reynolds, S. K. (2005). Validation of the UPPS impulsive behaviour scale: a four‐factor model of impulsivity. European Journal of Personality, 19(7), 559-574. doi:10.1002/per.556

    I think we don't need the number of the volume (7) and the "a" after a ":" must be in capital. But I would check it tomorrow with the APA book !

    Lots of publications I've take from google scholar was with capitals in all words, and I've change it manualy.

    Zotero is wonderful, and if I notice that it's just to make it a little better.
  • adamsmith
    You'll have to capitalize the "a" yourself in Zotero.
    The Issue number is included on purpose - APA says to include it if journals are not continuously paginated. Most journals are, but we felt it's better to include more rather than less information.

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