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 | Date | Date of publication. Use "Accessed" for the date an electronic resource was accessed. | | Date | Date of publication. Use "Accessed" for the date an electronic resource was accessed. |
 |Short Title|Short form of the title, often without the subtitle. Used mostly in footnote styles for subsequent citations| |Short Title|Short form of the title, often without the subtitle. Used mostly in footnote styles for subsequent citations|
-| Language | The language of publication for an item. We recommend storing these as two letter [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes|ISO language codes]] followed by two letter [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2|ISO country codes]] (e.g., en-US for American English, or de-DE for German).\\ The Language field is used to determine whether [[/support/kb/preventing_title_casing_for_non-english_titles|English Title Casing rules]] should be applied when formatting item titles. If the stored item data is in English (e.g., for translated titles), enter en-US, even if the item content is in another language. |+| Language | The language of publication for an item. We recommend storing these as two letter [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes|ISO language codes]] followed by two letter [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2|ISO country codes]] (e.g., en-US for American English, or de-DE for German).\\ The Language field is used to determine whether [[/support/kb/preventing_title_casing_for_non-english_titles|English Title Casing rules]] should be applied when formatting item titles. If the stored item data is in English (e.g., for translated titles), enter en-US or en-UK, even if the item content is in another language. |
  
 ==== Fields for Books and Periodicals ==== ==== Fields for Books and Periodicals ====
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 | Journal Abbr | The abbreviated title of a journal. When using the Zotero Word or LibreOffice plugins, Zotero can automatically abbreviate titles using the MEDLINE list. Use this field to enter abbreviations using other systems or for generating bibliographies outside of a word processor. | | Journal Abbr | The abbreviated title of a journal. When using the Zotero Word or LibreOffice plugins, Zotero can automatically abbreviate titles using the MEDLINE list. Use this field to enter abbreviations using other systems or for generating bibliographies outside of a word processor. |
 | ISBN | The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN|International Standard Book Number]] of a book or other publication. | | ISBN | The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN|International Standard Book Number]] of a book or other publication. |
-| ISSN | The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISSN|International Standard Serial Number]] of a periodical or series publiaction. |+| ISSN | The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISSN|International Standard Serial Number]] of a periodical or series publication. |
  
 ==== Fields Related to When and How Items Were Accessed ==== ==== Fields Related to When and How Items Were Accessed ====
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 | URL | URL (web-address) where the full item was accessed. Do not use this field for links to catalog records (e.g., libraries or Google Books) or abstracts—these should be instead added as links. | | URL | URL (web-address) where the full item was accessed. Do not use this field for links to catalog records (e.g., libraries or Google Books) or abstracts—these should be instead added as links. |
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-| Archive | Mainly for archival resources, the archive where an item was found. Also used for repositories, such as government report databases, insitutional repositories, or subject repositories. |+| Archive | Mainly for archival resources, the archive where an item was found. Also used for repositories, such as government report databases, institutional repositories, or subject repositories. |
 | Loc. in Archive | The location of an item in an archive, such as a box and folder number or other relevant location information from the finding aid. Include the subcollection/call number, box number, and folder number together in this field. For additional tips on citing archival sources in Zotero, see [[https://web.archive.org/web/20150220133939/http://guides.library.harvard.edu/content.php?pid=535700&sid=4445138|here]]. | | Loc. in Archive | The location of an item in an archive, such as a box and folder number or other relevant location information from the finding aid. Include the subcollection/call number, box number, and folder number together in this field. For additional tips on citing archival sources in Zotero, see [[https://web.archive.org/web/20150220133939/http://guides.library.harvard.edu/content.php?pid=535700&sid=4445138|here]]. |
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 ==== Fields for Reports and Theses ==== ==== Fields for Reports and Theses ====
 | Type \\ Report Type | The type of report (e.g., "Technical report", "CPTO Technical Brief") or thesis (e.g., "Doctoral dissertation", "Ph.D. thesis", "Master thesis"; the word 'thesis' or 'dissertation' should be included where applicable). | | Type \\ Report Type | The type of report (e.g., "Technical report", "CPTO Technical Brief") or thesis (e.g., "Doctoral dissertation", "Ph.D. thesis", "Master thesis"; the word 'thesis' or 'dissertation' should be included where applicable). |
-| Report Number | The number of a report. Do not include the words "Number", "No.", "Nº", or similar; these will be added automtically by the citation style. | +| Report Number | The number of a report. Do not include the words "Number", "No.", "Nº", "№", or similar; these will be added automatically by the citation style. | 
-| Institution \\ University | The instituion publishing a report or the university granting the degree for a thesis. |+| Institution \\ University | The institution publishing a report or the university granting the degree for a thesis. |
  
 ==== Fields for Presentations and Performances ==== ==== Fields for Presentations and Performances ====
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 | Running Time | The running time of any type of recording. Enter with the unit (e.g., 120 mins). | | Running Time | The running time of any type of recording. Enter with the unit (e.g., 120 mins). |
 | Program Title | The title of a radio of TV show of which an episode is part (e.g., "This American Life" or "60 Minutes"). | | Program Title | The title of a radio of TV show of which an episode is part (e.g., "This American Life" or "60 Minutes"). |
-| Episode Number | The episode number of a pdocast or TV/radio broadcast. | +| Episode Number | The episode number of a podcast or TV/radio broadcast. | 
 | Network | The network broadcasting a TV or radio show. | | Network | The network broadcasting a TV or radio show. |
 | Label | The recording label distributing an audio recording in a market. | | Label | The recording label distributing an audio recording in a market. |
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 ==== Fields for Primary Sources and Personal Communications ==== ==== Fields for Primary Sources and Personal Communications ====
 | Medium | For interviews, the format in which an interview was recorded (e.g., "Audio Recording", "Video Recording", "Transcript"). | | Medium | For interviews, the format in which an interview was recorded (e.g., "Audio Recording", "Video Recording", "Transcript"). |
-| Type | For letters, a description of the specific type or purpose of letter (e.g., "Private correspondance). For manuscripts, a description of the type or status of the manuscript (e.g., "Unpublished manuscript", "Manuscript submitted for publication", "Working paper"). |+| Type | For letters, a description of the specific type or purpose of letter (e.g., "Private correspondence). For manuscripts, a description of the type or status of the manuscript (e.g., "Unpublished manuscript", "Manuscript submitted for publication", "Working paper"). |
 | Subject | The title of an email. | | Subject | The title of an email. |
  
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 | Performer | The individual performing on an audio recording. The ''author'' for Audio Recording items. | | Performer | The individual performing on an audio recording. The ''author'' for Audio Recording items. |
 | Composer | The composer of the music on an audio recording. | | Composer | The composer of the music on an audio recording. |
-| Words By* | The indivdual who wrote the words in an audio recording (e.g., the lyricist or speechwriter).  |+| Words By* | The individual who wrote the words in an audio recording (e.g., the lyricist or speechwriter).  |
 | Cast Member* | A member of the cast of a broadcast or performance. | | Cast Member* | A member of the cast of a broadcast or performance. |
 | Director | The director of a broadcast or recording. The ''author'' for Film Recording, Video Recording, Radio Broadcast, and TV Broadcast items. | | Director | The director of a broadcast or recording. The ''author'' for Film Recording, Video Recording, Radio Broadcast, and TV Broadcast items. |
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 | Interviewer | The person asking questions during an interview. | | Interviewer | The person asking questions during an interview. |
 | Commenter* | An individual commenting on a blog post. | | Commenter* | An individual commenting on a blog post. |
-| Recipient | The person recieving a letter, email, or message. |+| Recipient | The person receiving a letter, email, or message. |
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 | Sponsor | The principal author of a bill or piece of legislation. The ''author'' for Bill and Legislation items. | | Sponsor | The principal author of a bill or piece of legislation. The ''author'' for Bill and Legislation items. |
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 | Dataset | ''dataset'' | A raw dataset. | | Dataset | ''dataset'' | A raw dataset. |
 | Figure | ''figure'' | A figure included in a scientific or academic work. | | Figure | ''figure'' | A figure included in a scientific or academic work. |
-| Musical Score | ''musical_score'' | The written score for a muscial work. |+| Musical Score | ''musical_score'' | The written score for a musical work. |
 | Pamphlet | ''pamphlet'' | An informally-published work. Typically smaller and less technical than a Report. | | Pamphlet | ''pamphlet'' | An informally-published work. Typically smaller and less technical than a Report. |
 | Book Review | ''review-book'' | A review of a book. Enter these as Journal, Magazine, or Newspaper Article, depending on where they were published, by providing a "Reviewed Author" creator. | | Book Review | ''review-book'' | A review of a book. Enter these as Journal, Magazine, or Newspaper Article, depending on where they were published, by providing a "Reviewed Author" creator. |
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 If a Zotero item type is missing fields that are needed for citations, it is possible to add these fields to the Extra field. If a Zotero item type is missing fields that are needed for citations, it is possible to add these fields to the Extra field.
  
-Enter each variable on a separte line at the top of the Extra field in the following format:+Enter each variable on a separate line at the top of the Extra field in the following format:
 ''CSL Variable: Content'' ''CSL Variable: Content''
  
kb/item_types_and_fields.txt · Last modified: 2020/08/10 13:38 by bwiernik