{"id":16086,"date":"2026-05-18T16:25:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T14:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/citationstyler.com\/?p=16086"},"modified":"2026-05-18T16:26:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T14:26:59","slug":"iu-citation-style-for-zotero-apa7-with-iu-specific-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citationstyler.com\/en\/wissen\/iu-zitierstil-in-zotero-apa-7-mit-iu-spezifischen-anpassungen\/","title":{"rendered":"IU citation style in Zotero: APA 7 with IU-specific adaptations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Du studierst an der IU Internationale Hochschule und sollst nach dem allgemeinen Zitierleitfaden zitieren? Was auf den ersten Blick wie \u201eeinfach APA 7&#8243; aussieht, hat in der Praxis einige T\u00fccken: Die IU weicht an mehreren Stellen bewusst vom offiziellen APA-Stil ab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How does the IU style differ from APA 7?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The IU Citation Guide (as of 1 October 2025) is based on APA 7th Edition, but includes a number of special provisions. The most important ones are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Page references should also be included for indirect quotations.<\/strong> APA 7 requires the page number only for direct citations, and the IU requires it for both. This makes quotations easier to trace, but means that standard APA styles do not provide enough information.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Kein Komma vor \u201e&amp;&#8220;<\/strong> in the author element, in accordance with the German comma rule.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>German terms instead of English ones:<\/strong> <em>Hrsg.<\/em> instead of <em>Ed.<\/em>, <em>Kap.<\/em> instead of <em>chapter<\/em>, <em>Aufl.<\/em> instead of <em>ed.<\/em>, <em>Vorab-Onlinepublikation<\/em> instead of <em>Advance online publication<\/em>, <em>H\u00f6rbuch<\/em> instead of <em>Audiobook<\/em> and so on.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>German-style date format<\/strong> (e.g. <em>11. Januar 2024<\/em> instead of <em>2024, January 11<\/em>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>No access date<\/strong> for internet sources. Never. APA 7 requires it in certain cases.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Only the year of the current edition<\/strong> in the short citation for translations and reprints \u2013 without including the original year, as is the case with APA.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Name extensions<\/strong> wie \u201evon&#8220;, \u201evan&#8220;, \u201ede&#8220; d\u00fcrfen als Bestandteil des Nachnamens behandelt werden (alphabetische Einsortierung unter \u201ev&#8220; statt \u201eG&#8220; f\u00fcr Goethe).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Figures and tables<\/strong> werden anders gekennzeichnet als bei APA: mit \u201eQuelle:&#8220; und differenzierten Hinweisen wie <em>Eigene Darstellung<\/em>, <em>Eigene Darstellung in Anlehnung an<\/em>, <em>\u00dcbernommen aus<\/em> etc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Specific guidelines for German legal text types<\/strong> (laws, court rulings, commentaries), for which APA 7 provides no guidelines whatsoever.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why the standard APA style isn't enough<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Wer in Zotero den eingebauten \u201eAPA 7th edition&#8220;-Stil verwendet, bekommt englische Begriffe, das falsche Datumsformat und ein Komma an Stellen, an denen die IU keins haben will. Jede einzelne Zitation muss dann manuell nachgearbeitet werden \u2013 fehleranf\u00e4llig und ein echter Zeitfresser kurz vor der Abgabe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The solution: a ready-made IU citation style for Zotero<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To help you focus on your work rather than on comma rules, we\u2019ve created a ready-made Zotero style that follows the current IU citation guidelines to the letter:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/citationstyler.com\/en\/styles\/citation-style-hochschule-fur-angewandte-wissenschaften-hamburg-fakultat-wirtschaft-und-soziales-department-public-management-4\/\"><strong>Citation style: IU International University<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Damit kannst du in Zotero einfach den Stil ausw\u00e4hlen, und alle IU-spezifischen Anpassungen (Seitenangaben bei indirekten Zitaten, deutsche Begriffe, korrektes Datumsformat, Komma-Regel, \u201en.d.&#8220; statt \u201eo. J.&#8220;, Vorab-Onlinepublikation usw.) sind erledigt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you're at IU but need a style for the <strong>law studies<\/strong> you'll find a style here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/citationstyler.com\/en\/styles\/citation-style-hochschule-fur-angewandte-wissenschaften-hamburg-fakultat-wirtschaft-und-soziales-department-public-management-5\/\"><strong>Citation style for IU \u2013 Law<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This style takes into account the specific requirements of legal texts \u2013 such as legislation, court rulings and commentaries containing references to paragraph numbers \u2013 which are not covered by the general IU style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The IU citation guide is based on APA 7, but with its own specific rules. If you want to cite sources accurately and without stress, you shouldn\u2019t try to adjust every entry manually; instead, use a style guide designed specifically for IU. 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