Upgrade Storageabc's of Citation Frustration
I am citing multiple references cited in a secondary source. I am using Soc Economic Review style (long story--it's closest to what I need for now).
Here is the way it turns out in my text after I add the citations (with prefixes to show the name of publication, which otherwise would not appear in the in-text reference).
Women, in particular, were concerned about the war's impact on inflation and food supplies(Fujin Shimbun , 1950c; Shufuren Dayori , 1950a; Shufuren Dayori , 1950b; quoted in Yamamoto, 2004, p. 142).
QUESTION: why does the letter "c" appear after the first citation? This is the only instance of citing Fujin Shimbun in my text and the only entry in my library from that publication?
Also the bibliography came out like this:
(1950a), Shufuren Dayori (1 August 1950a).
(1950b), Shufuren Dayori (1 September 1950b).
(1950c), Fujin Shimbun (26 October 1950c).
Again the question is, why the c?
I can go through the final version and edit out the c, but since this problem my happen again, I want to know if there is a more systematic solution.
Here is the way it turns out in my text after I add the citations (with prefixes to show the name of publication, which otherwise would not appear in the in-text reference).
Women, in particular, were concerned about the war's impact on inflation and food supplies(Fujin Shimbun , 1950c; Shufuren Dayori , 1950a; Shufuren Dayori , 1950b; quoted in Yamamoto, 2004, p. 142).
QUESTION: why does the letter "c" appear after the first citation? This is the only instance of citing Fujin Shimbun in my text and the only entry in my library from that publication?
Also the bibliography came out like this:
(1950a), Shufuren Dayori (1 August 1950a).
(1950b), Shufuren Dayori (1 September 1950b).
(1950c), Fujin Shimbun (26 October 1950c).
Again the question is, why the c?
I can go through the final version and edit out the c, but since this problem my happen again, I want to know if there is a more systematic solution.
The three items do not have an author in Zotero - which, for the purpose of the style means they have the same author - which is why Zotero disambiguates the citation - as it should.
I don't understand why you wouldn't include the newspapers as authors?
If that's not an option, it's possible to adjust the style - (the <substitute> option is the way to go)
Fujin Shimbun, 1950. Fujin Shimbun.
Shufuren Dayori, 1950a. Shufuren Dayori.
Shufuren Dayori, 1950b. Shufuren Dayori.
This is the problem I was trying to circumvent by leaving the author field blank in the database. Can't have the publication be the author.
You say I could adjust the style...What did you mean by "substitute option"
Thanks
http://www.zotero.org/support/dev/csl_syntax_summary#authors
and here
http://www.zotero.org/support/csl_simple_edits
if you can make sense of this - somewhat technical - instructions that'd be the easiest - I don't really have time to code individual solutions for people - I'm behind with more general style requests already.
But I don't understand how you want your bibliography to look. I've never seen an author-date style that starts a bibliographic entry with a year. That just looks bizarre to me. And at least in the social science it would be standard practice to use the newspaper name as author if no personal author exists.
However since you asked--I don't want to start the entry with a date, that's what the style formatting is doing automatically.
Ideally the bibliography entry would look like this:
Fujin Shimbun (1950), October 26.
(There is no author or article title.)