How to stop 'et al' being used in Bibliography.

btrw2 · October 19, 2021

Hi all,

I'm using Cite Them Right 11th edition - Harvard. My institution insists that using "et al" in the prose when 4+ authors, but that it should list them in full in the Bibliography. How do I change this in settings? I've seen some old posts about this, but I'm not that tech savvy and it looks almost like VBA formula to me. Is there another, simpler way, and if not, how to I apply the code?

Thanks

damnation · October 19, 2021

https://www.zotero.org/styles?q=id:harvard-cite-them-right-no-et-al

(Also, changing the et al. settings is exlained in the guide here, if anyone with the similar question comes across this thread. Not needed in your case though. https://www.zotero.org/support/dev/citation_styles/style_editing_step-by-step)

btrw2 · October 19, 2021

Thanks for that damnation. What do I do with the first link after I click on it? Also, I don't want to lose 'et al' in the text, just in the Bibliography.

damnation · October 19, 2021

That style has the same in-text et al. settings as the "normal" one, but displays all authors in the bibliography.
Imagine citing a paper with 30 authors. That would be half a page just with names.

You need to specify that style in your document under "Document Preferences" like you normally do.