Chicago Manual of Style: Subsequent Citations

Robert D. Falconer
Good day,

I am using Chicago Manual of Style of 17th edition (full note) in Zotero. I am able to open the ‘Style Editor’ window and make changes, but I can’t seem to save or implement them into my document.

I would like all my citations to be footnotes,

1. The first citation is to read:
Gregg Allison, Historical Theology: An Introduction to Christian Doctrine (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2011).

2. Thereafter the citations should read, and this is the where the problem is, it only cites as ‘Allison’:
Allison, Historical Theology.

3. Bibliography
Allison, Gregg. Historical Theology: An Introduction to Christian Doctrine. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2011.

Your assistance and suggestions would be appreciated.

Many thanks,

Rob
  • adamsmith
    Note the distinction between ibid. and subsequent citations that both Zotero/CSL and the Chicago Manual make.

    I'd be pretty sure if you have

    1. Gregg Allison, Historical Theology: An Introduction to Christian Doctrine (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2011).
    2. Some other footnote
    3. Allison, Historical Theology

    (that's "subsequent") that'll work out how you want it. However, in line with the Manual's 17th edition, if you you have
    1. Gregg Allison, Historical Theology: An Introduction to Christian Doctrine (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2011).
    2. Allison

    is correct. If you want Allison, Historical Theology in this second ("ibid") scenario too, you could just use SBL style, which is otherwise similar to Chicago and does that. If you really want to work with a custom style, see
    https://www.zotero.org/support/dev/citation_styles/style_editing_step-by-step
    on getting it back into Zotero. Pay close attention on changing ID and renaming.
  • Robert D. Falconer
    Dear Adam, thank you very much. Your suggestion using SBL has worked perfectly. Much appreciated.

    Rob
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