Adding "Call Number" to bibliography output

hi all,
- i have been using zotero for a while now, it is beautiful. thank you, developers.
- i use Chicago Manual of Style (Full Note with Bibliography) for creating bibliographies as reading lists. however, i would like to add the call number to the bibliography output format [as the first field, even before author last name], so that the items in produced bibliography lists would have call numbers [easing the way to find it in the library stacks.]
- i tried to modify the csl file (.xml) for the Chicago Manual of Style (Full Note with Bibliography) style. it is indicated in the csl syntax summary page that number is not a mapped variable. i guess i have to create a macro for call number and map it to number variable. however, i have no xml experience and [no-offense, but] the csl documentation page does not offer enough explanation for less than knowledgeable people. so, my attempts to modify Chicago Manual of Style (Full Note with Bibliography) style failed miserably.
- i searched the forums, but could not find satisfying info/solution.
- i would appreciate more experienced and knowledgeable guys' help.
best,
tarihci
  • Zotero callNumber is mapped to CSL call-number--just add the latter to the layout
  • edited October 15, 2008
    I too wish to include call numbers in a bibliography, preferably at the end, but since I have no experience programming, I have no idea how to implement this suggestion. Anything available in regular English? Shouldn't Zotero have a citation style possibly entitled "custom," in which the user can select those items from the data he/she wants to include in the bibliography and in what order?
  • Try Chicago Library List style under Additional Styles at http://www.zotero.org/styles
  • Thanks, erazlogo. I'm a latecomer to this but wondered if there is something that would put it in chicago library list but with author date format? If so, that would be swell...I too am illiterate when it comes to programming.
  • we won't add any more "library list" citation styles - there are already too many Chicago Manual styles if anything - but you really don't need to be able to program to do this yourself.

    You can either follow these directions:
    http://www.zotero.org/support/dev/citation_styles/style_editing_step-by-step

    and add <text variable="call-number" prefix=". "/>
    as the fourth line from the bottom, i.e. between
    <text macro="access" prefix=". "/>
    and
    </layout>

    or you can see if you find this easier:
    http://steveridout.com/csl/visualEditor/
  • edited September 25, 2012
    Thanks so much adamsmith for your speedy reply. Sorry for being daft, but I don't understand how to do this:

    "Download the style you want to edit to your computer, and open it in a (plain) text editor like Notepad on Windows, TextEdit on Mac OS X (select “Make Plain Text” under “Format”), or gedit in Linux. "

    Of course, I know how to download the style, which I did. But I don't know how to open it once I've downloaded it. Where is the file stored?

    Thanks in advance,
  • sounds like you installed it rather than just downloading it.*
    Right-click on the style in the style repository and select "Save link as..." - then save it wherever you want.


    * installed styles are in the "styles" folder in your Zotero data directory: http://www.zotero.org/support/zotero_data but while there's no risk of seriously breaking things, I wouldn't recommend messing with them there.
  • Brilliant. Brilliant. Brilliant. Thanks adamsmith. It's now done.

    One final question: how do I keep the author-date style and the author-date (library list) file? It asked me if I wanted to update the style, when actually I wanted to add the new one to sit alongside the original one?

    TIA,
  • See here http://www.zotero.org/support/dev/citation_styles/style_editing_step-by-step under "Changing Style Title and ID"
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