Hi!
I am using Mendeley for my PhD thesis and I have several issues when I cite the same source (or different sources of the same author) several times. I hope that you can make suggestions how to solve those issues or find work-arounds. I am using the Bluebook Law Review citation style.
1. Internal cross-references do not include location of complete citation:
When I cite the same source for the second, third etc. time (or more), the automatically generated citation does not include the location of the first (complete) citation of the source. For example:
Fn. 20: Paul Smith, [Publication Name] [page] (1970).
Fn. 25: Smith, supra note at [page].
Am I doing something wrong or why doesn't Mendeley insert the location of the first, complete citation? It should be saying:
Fn. 25: Smith, supra note 20 at [page].
The problem is not only that I have to insert all of the cross-references manually, but that this gets REALLY messy when I use several publications of the same author, since the short form citation (example in Fn. 25 above) does not identify the source, except for the year (when I click "edit citation"). Thus, when I use several publications of the same author published in the same year, it is literally impossible to figure out which source the footnote references and to add the cross-reference manually.
2. Repeated citation of the same author after a manually entered footnote:
When I cite a specific source in one footnote, then add a manual citation in the subsequent footnote (which I have a lot of, since my thesis is in law, and the citation format for arbitration tribunal decisions does not exist in Mendeley), then reference the first source again in the third footnote, Mendeley ignores my manual footnote and cites "Id., at [page]". How can I ensure that my manual footnotes are not ignored?
Example:
Fn. 20: Paul Smith, [Publication Name] [page] (1970).
Fn. 21: Arbitration No. [XX/XXXX]
Fn. 22: Id. at page.
3. Repeated citation of the same author, but different publications:
When I cite different publications of the same author repeatedly, the sources are not distinguishable after the first citation. Even if I enter manual cross-references to the introductory footnotes in all subsequent footnotes, the publications cannot be distinguished if they are introduced in the same footnote. I really see a need for a short citation format, here - is this possible in Mendeley or not? It would be super helpful if at least a manually entered/edited short-form citation in the second reference a specific publication was automatically reproduced in all subsequent footnotes.
Many thanks for your help!
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