Slight problem with bibliography formatting

Distaso
Hi-I wastched the tutorial on in-text citations and bibliographies. The in-text citations are wonderful. The bibliography populated nicely, but it isn't formatted quite right for APA, and the spacing is a bit funky. For example, it only reverse indented by one space, and in some cases it started a new line after the author. It also is missing periods and such. Please let me know if I need to tweak something. Much thanks!
  • adamsmith
    Hard to say. The indent you can easily adjust in Word. The new line after author I have never seen in APA style -- so date is at the beginning of next line?

    And for the periods etc. could you post what you're getting. APA style should be very solid.
  • Distaso
    Thanks for getting back to me so quickly. I think some of the formatting will be lost in this comment box, but you can sort of see what I'm talking about. I don't mind making adjustments in Word and such, but I just wanted to make sure there wasn't an easier way to deal with this.


    Almeida, Rhea, Lynn Parker, and Kenneth Dolan-Del Vecchio
    2008 Transformative Family Therapy: Just Families in a Just Society. New York: Allyn & Bacon.

    Freire, Paulo
    1970 Pedagogy of the Oppressed. New York: Continuim.

    Ledwith, Margaret
    2011 Community Development: A Critical Approach. 2nd edition. Bristol: Policy Press.

    Newdom, Fred, and Jerome Sachs
    1999 Clinical Work and Social Action: An Integrative Approach. Philadelphia: Haworth Press.
  • adamsmith
    That does not look at all like APA style. AAA style looks very similar to this. Are you sure you're not using that? (When using the Word add-on, check under Set Document Settings)
  • Distaso
    You nailed it. Thanks! I do think i had initially set it for APA, when I started the document, but must have accidentally changed it. I'll know to watch for that from now on.
    I have another question while I have your ear. I'm a bit confused about how to set preferences on google scholar. Seems the only options on google scholar settings are: BibTeX, EndNote, RefMan, RefWorks
    Do any of these work with Zotero? Much thanks!
  • adamsmith
    the EndNote one works with Zotero, but you really want to be using the Save to Zotero icon, which works much faster
    https://www.zotero.org/support/getting_stuff_into_your_library#web_translators
  • Distaso
    Thanks much for all your help.

This is an old discussion that has not been active in a long time. Before commenting here, you should strongly consider starting a new discussion instead. If you think the content of this discussion is still relevant, you can link to it from your new discussion.

Sign In or Register to comment.