Style Error: APA7 - Theses

ctj99z · July 19, 2024

Hello good friends,

I am using the default APA7 style to cite a thesis in a bibliography. The source is here:
https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/developing-annotated-guide-collaborative-planning/docview/1865331120/se-2

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This is according to APA's style guide here: https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references/examples/published-dissertation-references

I don't yet have the knowledge to monkey with the style editor, so I'm hoping someone here can help. I'm using the Zotero 7.0.0-beta.102+e6b5ba60d build on MacOS if that's useful knowledge.

Thanks!

bwiernik · July 19, 2024

This looks like a data entry issue. Can you post a screenshot of how there item is entered in Zotero?

ctj99z · July 19, 2024

Here it is.

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adamsmith · July 19, 2024

Delete everything except the first line from Extra

ctj99z · July 19, 2024

OK, I did that. I also had to type in the words "Publication No." in the "Loc. in Archive" field to get that to appear. (I would have expected that the words would not need to be added manually.)

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Now this is the output as compared to how it should be:
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It is missing the highlighted section. I don't see a spot in Zotero to put this text.

I appreciate the help!

bwiernik · July 19, 2024

Yes, I noticed that this morning and made a fix for the APA CSL style. Should be fixed in Zotero within the next 24 hours.

Note that you need to put ProQuest Dissertations and Theses in the "Archive" field.

bwiernik · July 19, 2024

I also had to type in the words "Publication No." in the "Loc. in Archive" field to get that to appear. (I would have expected that the words would not need to be added manually.)

This field can contain a variety of location information, including Box and Folio numbers for physical archives, or even other types of numbers for ProQuest, such as UMI Publication No. 10251550 for the document you linked to.

ctj99z · July 20, 2024

Just got the updated CSL style and it works very well! Thanks for the assist!