Upgrade StorageNewbie needs help with Harvard style
Hello there,
I've just started using Zotero. I am using the Harvard Reference Format 1 (Author-Date), and my problems are as follows:
1) when I ask to generate the bibliography, it does so leaving any papers with more than 2 authors as "et al" rather than the full reference.
2) When i cite in the text, sometimes it gives me the correct format (e.g. Veale et al. 2001) but sometimes it decides to put initials first (e.g. R.G. Veale et al 2001). When I check the way the reference has been saved in Zotero, i don't spot a difference in the format the authors' names have been put in. Annoying!
Any help with either question above much appreciated. Please note that I'm completely new to this so idiot-proof help would be welcome :D.
Many thanks
I've just started using Zotero. I am using the Harvard Reference Format 1 (Author-Date), and my problems are as follows:
1) when I ask to generate the bibliography, it does so leaving any papers with more than 2 authors as "et al" rather than the full reference.
2) When i cite in the text, sometimes it gives me the correct format (e.g. Veale et al. 2001) but sometimes it decides to put initials first (e.g. R.G. Veale et al 2001). When I check the way the reference has been saved in Zotero, i don't spot a difference in the format the authors' names have been put in. Annoying!
Any help with either question above much appreciated. Please note that I'm completely new to this so idiot-proof help would be welcome :D.
Many thanks
and the one that Zotero calls Harvard one follows this rule. Other Harvard-type style, such as American Psychological Association follow different rules.
2.) http://www.zotero.org/support/kb/given_name_disambiguation
Smith, F., Gardian, G and Jones, E. (2001)... etc.
What I need to do is learn how to modify the existing Harvard format or create a new referencing style that meets my requirements.
Many thanks in advance.
<bibliography hanging-indent="true" et-al-min="4" et-al-use-first="1">
to this
<bibliography hanging-indent="true">
see here for general instructions:
http://www.zotero.org/support/dev/citation_styles/style_editing_step-by-step
I followed all the steps carefully and managed to drag the .csl file into a zotero page. I then went back to my word document to change the style used to the new one. The citations are now fine, but then i cannot add a bibliography! Zotero says: "The current bibliographic style does not define a bibliography. If you wish to add a bibliography, please choose another style".
I'm pretty sure I only made changes where necessary to the code, and that I also copied the whole code to the notepad. What could be wrong?
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<style xmlns="http://purl.org/net/xbiblio/csl" class="in-text" version="1.0" demote-non-dropping-particle="sort-only">
<info>
<title>Harvard Reference format 2 (Author-Date)</title>
<id>http://www.zotero.org/styles/harvard1</id>;
<link href="http://www.zotero.org/styles/harvard1" rel="self"/>
<author>
<name>Julian Onions</name>
<email>julian.onions@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<category citation-format="author-date"/>
<category field="generic-base"/>
<updated>2011-05-12T00:16:08+00:00</updated>
<summary>The Harvard author-date style</summary>
<link href="http://libweb.anglia.ac.uk/referencing/harvard.htm" rel="documentation"/>
<rights>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/</rights>;
</info>
<macro name="editor">
<names variable="editor" delimiter=", ">
<name and="symbol" initialize-with=". " delimiter=", "/>
<label form="short" prefix=", " text-case="lowercase" suffix="." strip-periods="true"/>
</names>
</macro>
<macro name="anon">
<text term="anonymous" form="short" text-case="capitalize-first" strip-periods="true"/>
</macro>
<macro name="author">
<names variable="author">
<name name-as-sort-order="all" and="symbol" sort-separator=", " initialize-with="." delimiter-precedes-last="never" delimiter=", "/>
<label form="short" prefix=" " suffix="." text-case="lowercase" strip-periods="true"/>
<substitute>
<names variable="editor"/>
<text macro="anon"/>
</substitute>
</names>
</macro>
<macro name="author-short">
<names variable="author">
<name form="short" and="symbol" delimiter=", " delimiter-precedes-last="never" initialize-with=". "/>
<substitute>
<names variable="editor"/>
<names variable="translator"/>
<text macro="anon"/>
</substitute>
</names>
</macro>
<macro name="access">
<choose>
<if variable="URL">
<text value="Available at:" suffix=" "/>
<text variable="URL"/>
<group prefix=" [" suffix="]">
<text term="accessed" text-case="capitalize-first" suffix=" "/>
<date variable="accessed">
<date-part name="month" suffix=" "/>
<date-part name="day" suffix=", "/>
<date-part name="year"/>
</date>
</group>
</if>
</choose>
</macro>
<macro name="title">
<choose>
<if type="bill book graphic legal_case motion_picture report song thesis" match="any">
<text variable="title" font-style="italic"/>
</if>
<else>
<text variable="title"/>
</else>
</choose>
</macro>
<macro name="publisher">
<group delimiter=": ">
<text variable="publisher-place"/>
<text variable="publisher"/>
</group>
</macro>
<macro name="year-date">
<choose>
<if variable="issued">
<date variable="issued">
<date-part name="year"/>
</date>
</if>
<else>
<text term="no date" form="short"/>
</else>
</choose>
</macro>
<macro name="edition">
<choose>
<if is-numeric="edition">
<group delimiter=" ">
<number variable="edition" form="ordinal"/>
<text term="edition" form="short" suffix="." strip-periods="true"/>
</group>
</if>
<else>
<text variable="edition" suffix="."/>
</else>
</choose>
</macro>
<macro name="pages">
<group>
<label variable="page" form="short" suffix=" "/>
<text variable="page"/>
</group>
</macro>
<citation et-al-min="3" et-al-use-first="1" et-al-subsequent-min="1" et-al-subsequent-use-first="1" disambiguate-add-year-suffix="true" disambiguate-add-names="true">
<layout prefix="(" suffix=")" delimiter="; ">
<group delimiter=", ">
<group delimiter=" ">
<text macro="author-short"/>
<text macro="year-date"/>
</group>
<group>
<label variable="locator" suffix="." form="short" strip-periods="true"/>
<text variable="locator"/>
</group>
</group>
</layout>
</citation>
<bibliography hanging-indent="true" et-al-min="10" et-al-use-first="1">
<sort>
<key macro="author"/>
<key variable="title"/>
</sort>
<layout>
<text macro="author" suffix=","/>
<date variable="issued" prefix=" " suffix=".">
<date-part name="year"/>
</date>
<choose>
<if type="bill book graphic legal_case motion_picture report song" match="any">
<group prefix=" " delimiter=" " suffix=",">
<text macro="title"/>
<text macro="edition"/>
<text macro="editor"/>
</group>
<text prefix=" " suffix="." macro="publisher"/>
</if>
<else-if type="chapter paper-conference" match="any">
<text macro="title" prefix=" " suffix="."/>
<group prefix=" " delimiter=" ">
<text term="in" text-case="capitalize-first"/>
<text macro="editor"/>
<text variable="container-title" font-style="italic" suffix="."/>
<text variable="collection-title" suffix="."/>
<text variable="event" suffix="."/>
<group suffix="." delimiter=", ">
<text macro="publisher" prefix=" "/>
<text macro="pages"/>
</group>
</group>
</else-if>
<else-if type="thesis">
<group prefix=" " suffix="." delimiter=". ">
<text macro="title"/>
<text variable="genre"/>
<text macro="publisher"/>
</group>
</else-if>
<else>
<group suffix=".">
<text macro="title" prefix=" "/>
<text macro="editor" prefix=" "/>
</group>
<group prefix=" " suffix=".">
<text variable="container-title" font-style="italic"/>
<group prefix=", ">
<text variable="volume"/>
<text variable="issue" prefix="(" suffix=")"/>
</group>
<group prefix=", ">
<label variable="page" suffix="." form="short" strip-periods="true"/>
<text variable="page"/>
</group>
</group>
</else>
</choose>
<text prefix=" " macro="access" suffix="."/>
</layout>
</bibliography>
</style>
Also, see if the installed style works in the Zotero test pane
chrome://zotero/content/tools/csledit.xul
You could also see if any of the output in Zotero's "Report Error" is helpful.
et-al-subsequent-min="1" et-al-subsequent-use-first="1"
that doesn't make any sense, though it probably shouldn't impact how the style works.
The only thing is that as I pasted the .csl file into zotero, it replaced the Harvard 1 style that was already there. It's actually not a problem as i don't think i'd ever use it, but it would be nice to know what i should have done differently, for next time.
And thanks again for your tips!
Since we will likely get to a point where styles -as identified by their IDs - are automatically updated in the future, I recommend you change the ID to something unique, as in
http://www.zotero.org/styles/harvard-myschool