My employer wants to use APA style citations and have a lot of resources with no author, such as web videos, etc. as well as materials listing only the editors. I am testing out a standalone biblio program, WIKINDX, but I really like the Drupal Biblio module and would prefer to use it instead, to integrate with the Drupal site. However, WIKINDX citations in APA style deal with no-authors gracefully, whereas I can't seem to get rid of the [Anonymous] displaying in Biblio.

Here are two examples what I am talking about:
1. a book with editors instead of authors:
Desired display: Smith, J., & Doe, M. (Eds.). (1998). The Book Title.
Biblio display: [Anonymous] (1998). The Book Title. (Smith J., Doe M., Ed.).

2. an article with no author:
Desired display: The Article Title. (2006).
Biblio display: [Anonymous] (2006). The Article Title.

As you can see, it isn't just a matter of removing the [Anonymous] - the other software WIKINDX puts the title first, in the case of no author, to avoid beginning the citation with (YYYY). I'm no librarian, but I believe this is a correct way to handle it, as well as the case of editors only, where it lists the editors first.

I have tried unchecking common and required in both global and type-specific author fields, to no avail. I think it is just the way certain styles, including APA, handle the citation display. MLA doesn't tack on the [Anonymous], too bad my employer doesn't want MLA.

I'm pretty new to Drupal so I don't know how much work it would take to change the way the APA style does this. Any suggestions or tips would be much appreciated!

Thanks!

Comments

josvl’s picture

I second this, but it is also an issue in other styles, not just APA. For example, a book with editors styled with Chicago or IEEE styles also gets shown incorrectly, I believe.

rjerome’s picture

Opps, this one fell off the radar screen. It's on the "ToDo" list if that's any consolation.

liam morland’s picture

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