Not Pulling in DOI #s for APA Citation Style

lkjones27
When importing new citations into Zotero, the program is not pulling in the DOI number for journal articles. As such, my biblios are not being correctly formatted. In addition, when I enter an "Accessed" Date into the info section, that is also not being pulled into my biblios. Is there anything that can be done with either of these issues to ensure that I will get correct APA formatting? Thanks
  • ajlyon
    How are you importing citations? From a file? From websites? Not all site translators catch DOIs, but we may be able to add DOI capture for sites that you identify as needing such.
  • adamsmith
    For the second question - APA doesn't require accessed dates (anymore):
    http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/10/
  • ajlyon
    But there is an APA 5th edition style in case your institution/publisher is still going by the old rules: http://www.zotero.org/styles/apa5th
  • lkjones27
    Hi all...
    Thanks. I am pulling in citations from EBSCO databases affiliated with my university's library. With regard to the access date, you are correct (old habits are hard to break), but now when the article does not have a DOI, one is required to include the URL of the journal. Is there any way to get zotero to include this?
    Thanks again for all of the insights.
  • ajlyon
    Zotero hides the URL when a page range is specified. To change this behavior, change the preference in the Styles pane of the Zotero preferences.
  • adamsmith
    actually APA encourages you to find (and add) the DOI where it exists. (The CrossRef page will help you with that).
    But EBSCO should really add the DOI automatically, maybe Avram can have a look.
  • lkjones27
    Thanks for the note on the URL! Found and addressed that issue. And yes, DOIs are preferred and as such I sincerely appreciate your continued efforts in looking into this.
  • ajlyon
    Well, the EBSCO translator looks for DOIs in the L3 field in RIS. Can you click "Export" and "Export to generic citation management software" for a record that has a DOI but the DOI isn't captured by Zotero, then paste the contents of that page here?

    It is possible that EBSCO isn't being consistent about including the DOI in its RIS output-- it is possible to do some extra processing to get it from the page if it is displayed onscreen.
  • lkjones27
    Many thanks again.
    The following is what popped up when "exporting to generic citation..." was selected for an article that has a DOI that was not captured by Zotero:

    Record: 1

    TI- Addressing social justice issues in supervision: A call for client and professional advocacy.
    AU- Chang, Catherine Y.
    AU- Hays, Danica G.
    AU- Milliken, Tammi F.
    AF- Chang, Catherine Y., cychang@gsu.edu, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, US
    AF- Hays, Danica G., Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, US
    AF- Milliken, Tammi F., Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, US
    AD- Chang, Catherine Y., Georgia State University, Counseling and Psychological Services P.O. Box 3980, Atlanta, GA, US, 30302-3980, cychang@gsu.edu
    SO- The Clinical Supervisor
    VI- 28
    IP- 1
    SD- Jan, 2009
    YR- 2009
    PM- Jan, 2009
    PG- 20-35
    PC- 16
    SP- 20
    PU- United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis
    P2- US: Haworth Press
    SN- 0732-5223, Print
    SN- 1545-231X, Electronic
    DO- 10.1080/07325220902855144
    LA- English
    KP- social justice issues
    KP- supervision
    KP- client advocacy
    KP- professional advocacy
    KP- counselors
    AB- Given the increased awareness of the need for counselors to be social change agents to best meet the needs of the clients they serve, the counseling profession has adopted competencies and standards to guide advocacy efforts. Supervision offers a forum for facilitating the development of these necessary skills for effective advocacy. This article presents a three-tier model to assist supervisors in preparing future counselor advocates. Framed within a social constructivist epistemology, the model facilitates the examination of social justice issues relative to client advocacy and professional advocacy in relation to self-awareness, client services, and community collaboration. Supplemental activities follow. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) (journal abstract)
    MJ- Advocacy; Client Rights; Counselors; Professional Supervision; Social Justice
    MN- Professional Liability
    CL- Professional Psychological & Health Personnel Issues (3400)
    PO- Human (10)
    AG- Adulthood (18 yrs & older) (300)
    PT- Journal
    PT- Peer Reviewed Journal
    AT- Journal Article
    MT- Electronic
    MA- Electronic; Print
    RD- 20090817
    CD- 20100118
    AN- 2009-07095-003
    FR- Y
    UR- http://libproxy.uncg.edu:4467/login.aspx?direct=true&db=psyh&AN=2009-07095-003&site=ehost-live
  • ajlyon
    The DO field being used by EBSCO is not part of the RIS specification (http://www.refman.com/support/risformat_intro.asp), but I've added support for it to the EBSCO translator (https://www.zotero.org/trac/changeset/7239), and it should work when Dan pushes it to clients or in the next release of Zotero.

    Thanks for helping to pin this down.
  • lkjones27
    my pleasure...thanks for addressing!

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