Multiple chapters with same author in same book. How to get letters after year?
Hi!
I am currently writing my master thesis and have encountered a minor problem with Zotero for word.
I am using a book with 12 chapters. 4 of these have the save author and I am using multiple of these.
My issue is, whenever I choose one of the 4 chapters by this author, I only get a year (2016) and not (2016a, 2016b, etc.).
Each of the chapters have their own pdf-file and for some reason zotero couldn't import the year so I added 2016 to all the files. Might this be the cause of the problem and how is it fixable?
Thanks a lot in advance for answers!
I am currently writing my master thesis and have encountered a minor problem with Zotero for word.
I am using a book with 12 chapters. 4 of these have the save author and I am using multiple of these.
My issue is, whenever I choose one of the 4 chapters by this author, I only get a year (2016) and not (2016a, 2016b, etc.).
Each of the chapters have their own pdf-file and for some reason zotero couldn't import the year so I added 2016 to all the files. Might this be the cause of the problem and how is it fixable?
Thanks a lot in advance for answers!
Anyways I realized there's an easy fix; just change the date to 2016a, 2016b etc. for each of the chapters I end up using. Not sure if it will turn out right in the reference list though, might have to check up on that.
Which style are you using? Is disambiguation working for other items? Styles do this differently, so you might need to change that setting. But this generally works correctly and consistently in Zotero, so it will be possible to fix it.
(edit: my comment was directed at @madsheidemann, our responses must have been posted at the exact same time)
Are each of the chapters included as separate records in your Zotero library?
Are these records entered as book sections?
Do your records include a (different) chapter title and page range?
What style are you using?
edit:
Did you or a colleague develop/edit the style?
Are the author names exactly the same for each chapter? (The names should be identical for disambiguation to work properly.)
Oh, I didn't realize that. I am using APA 6th edition and disambiguation is working for other items.
@emilianoeheyns
I'm not 100% sure I am following your question but I'm only using Zotero in a single Word-document. Sorry if I understood!
@DWL-SDCA
Each chapter is a single item.
I don't know where to check if it's listed as a book section but looking for this I just realized that the only data that Zotero was able to import is year and author which might explain this issue?
I am using APA 6th edition.
I didn't edit the style and the author names are identical.
That said, if you have records of each chapter with the identical author name (and you are certain that you didn't select the same Zotero record when citing), something curious is happening.