multiple authors: comma before "and"
I'm finalizing my dissertation and I'm going through all my references pretty close to the deadline. I've noticed a few issues that I haven't been able to solve by searching the forums. I hope I won't be spamming the forums with questions the coming days.
The dissertation is in Swedish, I'm using Oxford Manual of Styule, 17th ed, and these are currently my two pet peeves:
- Dates are written as such: 01 mars 2014. Instead of 1 mars 2014. That is, when there's a one digit date, it shouldn't start with "0", but it does. Example:
Stam, Robert, och Louise Spence. ”Colonialism, Racism and Representation”. Screen 24, nr 2 (01 mars 1983): 2–20. https://doi.org/10.1093/screen/24.2.2.
- When there are multiple authors, English language rules are with regard to commas. In this example there should be no comma before "och Christopher E. Lalonde".
Hallett, Darcy, Michael J. Chandler, och Christopher E. Lalonde. ”Aboriginal language knowledge and youth suicide”. Cognitive Development 22, nr 3 (juli 2007): 392–99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2007.02.001.
Any idea how I can change this?
Thanks!
The dissertation is in Swedish, I'm using Oxford Manual of Styule, 17th ed, and these are currently my two pet peeves:
- Dates are written as such: 01 mars 2014. Instead of 1 mars 2014. That is, when there's a one digit date, it shouldn't start with "0", but it does. Example:
Stam, Robert, och Louise Spence. ”Colonialism, Racism and Representation”. Screen 24, nr 2 (01 mars 1983): 2–20. https://doi.org/10.1093/screen/24.2.2.
- When there are multiple authors, English language rules are with regard to commas. In this example there should be no comma before "och Christopher E. Lalonde".
Hallett, Darcy, Michael J. Chandler, och Christopher E. Lalonde. ”Aboriginal language knowledge and youth suicide”. Cognitive Development 22, nr 3 (juli 2007): 392–99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2007.02.001.
Any idea how I can change this?
Thanks!
Just a correction - I wrote Oxford, but I meant to type Chicago Manual of Style.
The two issues I pointed out are more a question of the Swedish language rules, rather than the guidelines. There are no official guidelines at my university, but this page links to various styles externally (the Chicago link goes to Purdue university): https://studentportal.gu.se/english/help-and-guidance/search-read-write/reference-management-and-plagiarism/references-and-software/?languageId=100001).
However, a much clearer page can be found at another Swedish university, Umeå universitet, here: https://www.umu.se/bibliotek/soka-skriva-studera/skriva-referenser/oxford-skriva-referenslista/.
Under "Bok med två eller fler författare" has this example (notice the lack of a comma before "och"):
Harnack, Andrew och Kleppinger, Eugene. Online! A reference guide to using internet sources. 3. uppl. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999.
Under "Tidningsartikel", you'll see the format of the date, with this example:
Reaves, Jessica. A weighty issue. Ever-fatter kids. Interview with James Rosen. Time. 2001-03-14
However, 14 mars 2001, as the official Zotero Chicago-style does now, is correct. The issue is with one digit numbers, that they shouldn't start with a zero.
Finally, one more thing I noticed just now: page ranges omit one digit, such as the example in my original post (Hallett, etc.): it states 392-99, instead of 392-399. The official guidelines from the Umeå universitet includes all digits of page ranges.
I hope this helps. Please let me know if there's anything I can do to help.