Use of "Extra" field and APA style for annotated bibliographies

AidaMSmith · April 30, 2024

Hello!

Checking the hive mind for wisdom on using the "Extra" field to hold multiple types of information. What should I be aware of if I'm using this field for the
Zotero Citation Counts Manager extension and additional text information?

I noticed that text placed in the "Extra" field after the Crossref data added by the extension is not printed when using the reference style, APA style for annotated bibliographies. Is there anything else I should be aware of here?

Thanks so much. -Aida

bwiernik · May 2, 2024

I’m not sure I follow. Can you copy the contents of one of your Extra fields here and say which part you want to appear in the annotated bibliography?

AidaMSmith · May 2, 2024

https://s3.amazonaws.com/zotero.org/images/forums/u8938411/mp7bcpu16n3p5wnw7xof.png

AidaMSmith · May 2, 2024

Thank you, bwiernik, for any insight you may have.

bwiernik · May 2, 2024

In that specific example, PMID is a CSL variable. Any CSL variables on their own line are removed from Extra before it is printed.

See here for a list of CSL variables https://aurimasv.github.io/z2csl/typeMap.xml

bwiernik · May 2, 2024

Are there other items you have concerns about?

If you want to have PMID printed in APA (annotated bibliography), you can either put it on the same line as the information above or edit the style to also print PMID.

AidaMSmith · May 3, 2024

Thank you! This is helpful. Two more questions if you have time: 1) Will the Zotero extension content continue functioning as expected without interfering with the text added before it? 2) Can you point me in the right direction for editing a copy of the "APA (annotated bibliography)" format to also print PMID.