Entering Bibliography -- wrong format

CRiggall · January 30, 2018

I'm trying to create my Bibliography. I chose the Chicago style. When it creates the Bibliography, it lists the citations in the footnote format: with author's name in the natural order (instead of Last, First). Any idea how to fix?

Thanks,

Craig

nicolasleguizamon · March 3, 2018

Hello Craig,
I´m experiencing the same problem and I´m looking how to solve it.
I use Windows 10 and LibreOffice, but I don´t think it´s useful information because everything else run perfectly.
There´s an option to modify bibliography but it says that if you do it with won´t update no more that bibliography, and I´m scare about it.
I guess it´s an error.
Anyway, I´ll keep looking for a solution, as soon as I find something I write you a message. In the same way, if you find it I´ll appreciate to receive a tip.
Keep in contact,

Nicolas

adamsmith · March 3, 2018

The style is correct and should create correct bibliographies. You'd have to describe what you're doing exactly (which steps) and if you're seeing the same in a new document. Sample output (how does the bibliography look?) would help, too.

nicolasleguizamon · March 5, 2018

Thanks Adam Smith,
I found the solution. It was a users problem. I will describe it exactly:

The principal problem was saving bibliography at Zotero (software). I´ll explain it.
I was writing the hole author´s name inside the first space to fill ("first") leaving the second one empty. I thought it was for another author, when necessary.
Hopefully I found it was not like this. I realized that "first" means LAST NAME and "second" means FIRST NAME. That´s the way it must be filled.
Now I know that if there are many authors, when you click "+" it adds lines below, as much as you need.

After that, in LibreOffice I went to "Set document preferences" (button) and clicked "CMS 17th ed. (full note)".

Now it runs perfectly. Thanks for your time and hope it´s useful for other users.
Nicolás