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Referencing with EU Style Using Zotero

Referencing a journal article

Referencing a journal article


An article

In-text citation

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit (Tehrani et al., 2023).

Reference in the bibliography

Manley, S., Tehrani, P. M. and Rasiah, R. (2023), ‘The (Non-)Use of African Law by the International Criminal Court’, European Journal of International Law, Vol. 34, Issue 3, pp. 555–580, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejil/chad035.

 

Bibliographic metadata in Zotero


An article (with a non-numerical Issue)

In-text citation

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit (Azabou et al., 2021).

Reference in the bibliography

Azabou, E., Bao, G., Costantino, F., Jacota, M., Lazizi, C. et al. (2021), ‘Randomized Cross Over Study Assessing the Efficacy of Non-invasive Stimulation of the Vagus Nerve in Patients With Axial Spondyloarthritis Resistant to Biotherapies: The ESNV-SPA Study Protocol’, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, Vol. 15, June, Frontiers Media S.A., https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2021.679775.

 

Bibliographic metadata in Zotero

Journal articles or similar serial part

Zotero 'Item Type' – 'Journal Article'.

Creator roles (in order of preference as main creator): ‘Author’, ‘Editor’, ‘Translator’ and ‘Contributor’.

In the present version of EU style, the 'Reviewed Author' role is not considered.

Zotero fields

Bibliographic element

Status

observations

Author (or other)

Creator

Required if...

... applicable

Title

Title

Required

 

Publication

Series title

Required

 

Volume

Series volume 

Required if...

... applicable

Issue

Series issue

Required if...

... applicable

Pages

Start and end page numbers

Required if...

... applicable

Date

Date of publication

Required

only the year is required

DOI

Digital identifier

Required if...

... applicable

Short title

Title

Optional

this field will be used to identify the document in in-text citations if no creators are present

URL

Digital locator

Required if...

... applicable and a DOI is not present

Call Number

Internal number

Optional

it can be used to add an internal reference number

Extra

[can assume several]

Optional

can be used to add additional bibliographic elements that are not included by default, by using specific tags (e.g., publisher: or place:)