Upgrade StorageUsing McGill Guide English, McGill Guide French and Lluelles in Standalone
I’m using Zotero Standalone since I sometimes use it at my job, and they don't allow Firefox. I mainly cite cases. My issue is that I have to often switch between the three Canadian legal styles (1 in English and 2 in French) depending on who I am writing for and I have been noticing issues with each of them.
McGill Français:
- If I put a period in a case name for c. or v. (which I have to do for Lluelles and I mainly switch between these two styles), Zotero will remove it the first time (from Zurich c. Lamarre to Zurich c Lamarre) but not for any of the subsequent notes afterwards so it will say Zurich c. Lamarre, supra note 1
McGill English:
- Unlike McGill Français, it never removes the period between cases and it definitely needs to be period free.
- If I put a parallel citation (ex: Beaulieu c Longtin, 2004 CanLII 49332, 2003 QCCA 22), I’ll put the citations into the reporter section for cases as one (2004 CanLII 49332, 2003 QCCA 22) and this works in McGill Français and Lluelles but it does not work for McGill English, since it will remove the comma between the 2 citations.
Lluelles (Guide des références pour la rédaction juridique 7e éd.)
- If I cite 2 cases at once using the multiple sources option, there needs to be a space on either side of the semi-colon like so:
Beaulieu c. Longtin, 2004 CanLII 49332 ; D’Aoust c. Laplante, 2011 QCCQ 7497 (CanLII) ; Lord c. Laroche, B.E. 2004 B.E.-683 (C.Q.).
but it does not do that automatically.
I often write using different styles meaning that it is harder for me to figure out tricks in adding citations to Zotero to make using each style easier. I can't use the Multilingual Zotero version because I don't always have access to Firefox. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions?
McGill Français:
- If I put a period in a case name for c. or v. (which I have to do for Lluelles and I mainly switch between these two styles), Zotero will remove it the first time (from Zurich c. Lamarre to Zurich c Lamarre) but not for any of the subsequent notes afterwards so it will say Zurich c. Lamarre, supra note 1
McGill English:
- Unlike McGill Français, it never removes the period between cases and it definitely needs to be period free.
- If I put a parallel citation (ex: Beaulieu c Longtin, 2004 CanLII 49332, 2003 QCCA 22), I’ll put the citations into the reporter section for cases as one (2004 CanLII 49332, 2003 QCCA 22) and this works in McGill Français and Lluelles but it does not work for McGill English, since it will remove the comma between the 2 citations.
Lluelles (Guide des références pour la rédaction juridique 7e éd.)
- If I cite 2 cases at once using the multiple sources option, there needs to be a space on either side of the semi-colon like so:
Beaulieu c. Longtin, 2004 CanLII 49332 ; D’Aoust c. Laplante, 2011 QCCQ 7497 (CanLII) ; Lord c. Laroche, B.E. 2004 B.E.-683 (C.Q.).
but it does not do that automatically.
I often write using different styles meaning that it is harder for me to figure out tricks in adding citations to Zotero to make using each style easier. I can't use the Multilingual Zotero version because I don't always have access to Firefox. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions?
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I'd suggest contacting him directly.