Did you identify the correct publisher? Government ministries occasionally change their names, but in your reference you should use the name of the ministry as it appears in the NOU you are citing.
NOU
In-text citations
(NOU year: number, page number)
Example 1 : (NOU 1998: 18, p. 73)
Example 2: (NOU 2018: 2, p. 54)
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Note:
Dissentions are published as chapters or appendices, and are referred to by the complete NOU, with a text reference to the dissent:
«… the dissent of Hodnedal (NOU 2019: 4, chapter 15)»
In the reference list
Printed:
NOU year: number. (Publication year). Title in Italics. Ministry
Example 1:
NOU 1998: 18. (1998). Det er bruk for alle: Styrking av folkehelsearbeidet i kommunene. Sosial- og helsedepartementet.
Digital:
NOU year: number. (Publication year). Title in Italics. Ministry. URL
Example 2:
NOU 2018: 2. (2018). Fremtidige kompetansebehov I: Kunnskapsgrunnlaget. Kunnskapsdepartementet. https://www.regjeringen.no/no/dokumenter/nou-2018-2/id2588070/
EndNote
Add as Government document.
Fill in the fields Author (Enter NOU year:number with a comma in the end to prevent abbreviations), Year, Title, Department, URL.
Zotero
Add as Book.
Fill in the fields Title, Author (Enter NOU year:number), Publisher (name of ministry), Date, URL.
Note:
The year will appear twice in the text reference. You can correct this manually after you have unlinked the document from Zotero.
Checklist:
Did you format your in-text citation correctly? For Norwegian Official Reports (NOUs), a colon is placed between the year and the NOU number, meaning the format differs slightly from other source types. If you are including a page number, the in-text citation should follow this format: (NOU year: number, p. page number). For example: (NOU 2022: 9, p. 18).
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