Item Type for Amicus Brief

leehach
I am *not* a legal researcher, but would like to store a recent amicus curiae brief in Zotero. Any recommendations for simplest way to do this without a specialized plugin?
  • bwiernik
    I usually store things like this as Report. Between title and type, I can get a correctly formatted citation for my purposes.
  • leehach
    Do you mind sharing what info you put in each field to make the citation work? For example, since you mention the type field, what do you use that for?
  • bwiernik
    It depends on what style you are using/how you want the citation to look. Can you give an example?
  • leehach
    Example using APA:

    Example #2 — amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief.

    Reference

    Brief for Ringling Bros.-Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows, Inc. et al. as Amici Curiae Supporting Respondents, Mosely v. V Secret Catalogue, Inc, 537 U.S. 418 (2003) (no. 01-1015), 2002 WL 1987618.

    In-text citation

    Mosely v. V Secret Catalogue (2003) or (Mosely v. V Secret Catalogue, 2003)

    (example taken from http://libraryfaqs.cu-portland.edu/faq/171877)
  • bwiernik
    edited September 13, 2017
    I would enter this as:

    Title: Brief for Ringling Bros.-Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows, Inc. et al. as Amici Curiae Supporting Respondents, Mosely v. V Secret Catalogue, Inc, 537 U.S. 418

    Year: 2003

    Number: 01-1015

    Publisher or Archive/Archive Number: 2002 WL 1987618

    Short title: Mosely v. V Secret Catalogu
  • leehach
    Thanks.

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