Referencing with EU Style Using Zotero – EC Library Guide: Referencing a dataset
Referencing a dataset
A dataset accessed in its original version
In-text citation
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit (European Commission: Directorate-General for Informatics, 2020).
Reference in the bibliography
European Commission: Directorate-General for Informatics (2020), ‘National Interoperability Framework Observatory (NIFO) – Digital Public Administration factsheets 2020’, Publications Office of the European Union, accessed 4 May 2024, https://doi.org/10.2906/100105103105116/1.
Bibliographic metadata in Zotero
A dataset accessed in a different version from the original
In-text citation
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit (European Commission: Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers, 2018).
Reference in the bibliography
European Commission: Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers (2018), ‘Safety Gate (the EU rapid alert system – non-food)’, Version 0.1, 14 December (created 1 February 2016), accessed 6 May 2024, https://data.europa.eu/data/datasets/rapex-rapid-alert-system-non-food?locale=en.
Bibliographic metadata in Zotero
Datasets
Zotero 'Item Type' – 'Dataset'.
Creator roles (in order of preference as main creator): ‘Author’ and ‘Contributor’.
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Zotero fields |
Bibliographic element |
Status |
observations |
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Author (or other) |
Creator |
Required if… |
… applicable |
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Title |
Title |
Required |
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Version |
Edition number (of the version consulted) |
Required if… |
… applicable |
| Date |
Date of publication (of the version consulted) |
Required |
the three date-parts (y-m-d) will be displayed if present |
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Repository |
Publisher | Required |
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DOI |
Digital locator |
Required if… |
... applicable |
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URL |
Digital locator |
Required if… | … applicable and a DOI is not present |
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Accessed |
Date of access |
Required |
the three date-parts (y-m-d) are mandatory |
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Short title |
Title |
Optional |
this field will be used to identify the document in in-text citations if no creators are present |
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Call Number |
Internal number |
Optional |
it can be used to add an internal reference number |
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Extra |
[can assume several] |
Required if… |
... the version of the dataset used as a source is more recent than the original version, the date of that original version must be shown with the tag original date: |