APA 7 Bibliography not correct for websites (on Overleaf)
Hi everybody
I'm having issues with the bibliography and cited websites. I have linked Zotero to my Overleaf (the Literatur.bib)
Here is the setup:
% ------------------------------------------------------------------------
\usepackage[backend=biber, style=apa]{biblatex}
\DeclareLanguageMapping{ngerman}{ngerman-apa}
% translation
\DefineBibliographyStrings{ngerman}{
retrieved = {Abgerufen am},
from = {von},
nodate = {o.\,D.}
}
\addbibresource{Literatur.bib}
% ------------------------------------------------------------------------
For one website zotero uploads the following information in the Literature.bib file
@online{WhalesLikelyImpacted,
title = {Whales Likely Impacted by Great Pacific Garbage Patch},
url = {https://theoceancleanup.com/updates/whales-likely-impacted-by-great-pacific-garbage-patch/},
titleaddon = {The Ocean Cleanup},
urldate = {2025-09-30},
}
And the output from "\printbibliography[heading=bibintoc]" is for this website:
"Whales Likely Impacted by Great Pacific Garbage Patch [The Ocean Cleanup]. (o. D.).
Abgerufen am 30. September 2025 von https://theoceancleanup.com/updates/
whales-likely-impacted-by-great-pacific-garbage-patch/"
But that's not correct for a website, where the Author and Date is unknown. This is how this has to look like:
"Whales likely impacted by Great Pacific garbage patch. (o. D.). The Ocean Cleanup. Abgerufen am 1. Oktober 2025, von https://www.theoceancleanup.com/updates/whales-likely-impacted-by-great-pacific-garbage-patch/"
I tried already to work with different macros but they all don't seem to work.
Can someone help me with this issue?
I am thankful for every help!
Best
Leon
I'm having issues with the bibliography and cited websites. I have linked Zotero to my Overleaf (the Literatur.bib)
Here is the setup:
% ------------------------------------------------------------------------
\usepackage[backend=biber, style=apa]{biblatex}
\DeclareLanguageMapping{ngerman}{ngerman-apa}
% translation
\DefineBibliographyStrings{ngerman}{
retrieved = {Abgerufen am},
from = {von},
nodate = {o.\,D.}
}
\addbibresource{Literatur.bib}
% ------------------------------------------------------------------------
For one website zotero uploads the following information in the Literature.bib file
@online{WhalesLikelyImpacted,
title = {Whales Likely Impacted by Great Pacific Garbage Patch},
url = {https://theoceancleanup.com/updates/whales-likely-impacted-by-great-pacific-garbage-patch/},
titleaddon = {The Ocean Cleanup},
urldate = {2025-09-30},
}
And the output from "\printbibliography[heading=bibintoc]" is for this website:
"Whales Likely Impacted by Great Pacific Garbage Patch [The Ocean Cleanup]. (o. D.).
Abgerufen am 30. September 2025 von https://theoceancleanup.com/updates/
whales-likely-impacted-by-great-pacific-garbage-patch/"
But that's not correct for a website, where the Author and Date is unknown. This is how this has to look like:
"Whales likely impacted by Great Pacific garbage patch. (o. D.). The Ocean Cleanup. Abgerufen am 1. Oktober 2025, von https://www.theoceancleanup.com/updates/whales-likely-impacted-by-great-pacific-garbage-patch/"
I tried already to work with different macros but they all don't seem to work.
Can someone help me with this issue?
I am thankful for every help!
Best
Leon
I don't think that's our (i.e. the CSL) APA style producing this -- at a minimum, it'd have the comma before the date.