IBID at beginning of a new page

jobregon44
ADAM:
I am getting IBID at the beginning of the footnotes on a new page. I thought that Zotero was supposed to put it only when, on the same page, there is another citation from the same book. Is this right?
  • adamsmith
    no, Zotero has no way to be aware whether you're on a new page or not.
  • jobregon44
    Adam:
    You are always so quick and helpful. BUt then, another question. If I have 2 or more documents from where I am citing from, and both appear as a footnote only differentiated by a page number, now is the professor going to know to which it belongs to?
  • adamsmith
    I don't follow. If multiple items are in a footnote, you shouldn't get ibid, if that's what you mean? Otherwise, I'd need an example.
  • jobregon44
    Is there a way to send a printscreen? I am getting in one page just two IBIDs, with no previous content. Just the two, as if on that page there were other references?
  • adamsmith
    I mean -- presumably the reader can look on the previous page?
    (You can upload screenshots on any free image hosting page -- dropbox, imgur -- and link to from here).
  • jobregon44
    https://www.dropbox.com/s/5ixcxfm01rm4baw/Screen%20Shot%202016-08-26%20at%207.46.40%20PM.png?dl=0

    They can, but a tough professor won't do it.
  • adamsmith
    yeah, Zotero can't help there, sorry. If that's a big concern, use a style without ibid., but that's all I have.
    I don't think that's feasible as long as you're writing in Word/LibreOffice.

    FWIW, this isn't required in the Chicago Manual of Style and it is, in fact, quite common to see ibid. referring to a citation on the preceding page (see e.g. FN 9 of OWL's example Chicago Manual paper: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/media/pdf/1300991022_717.pdf )
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