Referencing with EU Style Using Zotero
Referencing a report
Referencing a report
A report where the institution is considered the creator
In-text citation
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit (European Commission, 2021).
Reference in the bibliography
European Commission (2021), ‘Consultation on a monitoring framework for the 8th environment action programme’, [consultative paper], Ares(2021)4555569, 14 July, https://environment.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2021-07/Explanatory%20Note%208EAP%20Indicators.pdf.
Bibliographic metadata in Zotero

A report where the institution is not considered the creator
In-text citation
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit (Graef, 2019).
Reference in the bibliography
Graef, I. (2019), ‘Rethinking the Essential Facilities Doctrine for the EU Digital Economy’, TILEC Discussion Paper No 28, Tilburg Law and Economics Center, Tilburg (Netherlands), pp. 33–72, https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3371457.
Bibliographic metadata in Zotero

Reports or other similar documents
Zotero 'Item Type' – 'Report'.
Creator roles (in order of preference as main creator): ‘Author’, ‘Translator’, ‘Series Editor’ 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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Report Number |
Publication number |
Required if… |
… applicable |
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Report Type |
Gender |
Optional |
recommended for specifying the type of report |
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Series Title |
Collection title |
Optional |
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Place |
Place of publication |
Optional |
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Institution |
Publisher |
Required if… |
... different from creators |
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Date |
Date of publication |
Required |
the three date-parts (y-m-d) will be displayed if present |
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Pages |
start and end pages numbers |
Required if… |
… applicable |
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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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URL |
Digital locator |
Required if… | … applicable |
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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] |
Optional |
can be used to add additional bibliographic elements that are not included by default, by using specific tags (e.g., doi:) |
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