Bibliography (APA7) - why is the first name (e.g. John) not shortened (J.) and does order matter?
Hello,
I've got a fairly fundamental question, that I should probably know the answer to :)
Suppose I have these variations in three different items:
1. John Smith
2. Smith, John
3. Smith, J.
Why isn't the APA style consistently producing
Smith, J.
?
I can see that it's an issue with (1) above, as zotero doesn't know first vs. second name. However, why does (2) not appear like (3)?
Thanks!
I've got a fairly fundamental question, that I should probably know the answer to :)
Suppose I have these variations in three different items:
1. John Smith
2. Smith, John
3. Smith, J.
Why isn't the APA style consistently producing
Smith, J.
?
I can see that it's an issue with (1) above, as zotero doesn't know first vs. second name. However, why does (2) not appear like (3)?
Thanks!
When I export references individually, the first name is abbreviated. When I export several references, it's not!
Yes - thank you, that makes total sense!!
And am I right about (1) vs. (2) ? Zotero sees those as different authors?
1. John Smith
2. Smith, John
?
I did say that I should probably know the answer to this one - thanks for link to documentation! :)