Harvard APA-style modification

Hi,
My university requires an APA-style thesis with a few minor modifications. Please assist with the Zotero style editor file to match the following requirements:

‘For other referenced materials other than journals, eg. books, annual reports, use the Harvard system, ie. Include Author(s), Year, Book title, Edition and Publishers”.

Intext citation
et al to be italicized
For two authors use and, not &

References
Authors (bold)
Year of publication (bold)
Journal title (not to be italicized)
Journal volume (bold and not to be italicized)

Current APA format

Intext citation
(Awa et al., 2000)
(Baron & Barrett, 2000)

Reference
Awa, D. N., Njoya, A., & Ngo Tama, A. C. (2000). Economics of Prophylaxis against Peste des Petits Ruminants and Gastrointestinal Helminthosis in Small Ruminants in North Cameroon. Tropical Animal Health and Production, 32(6), 391–403.

Baron, M. D., & Barrett, T. (2000). Rinderpest Viruses Lacking the C and V Proteins Show Specific Defects in Growth and Transcription of Viral RNAs. Journal of Virology, 74(6), 2603–2611.


Required format
Intext citation
(Awa et al., 2000) - et al to be italicized
(Baron and Barrett, 2000)

Awa, D. N., Njoya, A., and Ngo Tama, A. C. (2000). Economics of Prophylaxis against Peste des Petits Ruminants and Gastrointestinal Helminthosis in Small Ruminants in North Cameroon. Tropical Animal Health and Production, 32(6), 391–403.
  • Which university and faculty is this for?
    Do you have guidelines handy?
  • It is for the University of Nairobi, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
    Yeah, I have the guidelines with me. I hope what I have posted I understandable. Whatever was supposed to be bold did not appear bold, but it is in the description.
  • edited October 20, 2022
    Good YOU have them handy, but do you have a public link?


    Replace the author-short macro with this:
    <macro name="author-short">
    <names variable="author">
    <name form="short" and="symbol" delimiter=", " initialize-with=". " delimiter-precedes-last="never"/>
    <et-al font-style="italic"/>
    <substitute>
    <names variable="editor"/>
    <names variable="translator"/>
    <text term="anonymous" form="short" text-case="capitalize-first" font-style="italic"/>
    </substitute>
    </names>
    </macro>


    In the author macro switch from and="symbol" to and="text" and remove the initialize-with=". "

    General instructions: https://www.zotero.org/support/dev/citation_styles/style_editing_step-by-step

  • I do not have a public link. What I have, are comments from the university supervisor that guide the reference style.
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