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====== Zotero User Tips ====== | ====== Zotero User Tips ====== | ||
+ | A shortcut to this page: [[http:// | ||
===== Indexing ===== | ===== Indexing ===== | ||
Indexing your own pdf collection facilitates greater searchability on Zotero. But before you can index your material, you first have to attach it to the appropriate bibliographic entry. | Indexing your own pdf collection facilitates greater searchability on Zotero. But before you can index your material, you first have to attach it to the appropriate bibliographic entry. | ||
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Once the file has been linked to the appropriate entry, highlight the attached file and you should see " | Once the file has been linked to the appropriate entry, highlight the attached file and you should see " | ||
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Click on that green icon to index the contents of your pdf material. | Click on that green icon to index the contents of your pdf material. | ||
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===== Group Libraries ===== | ===== Group Libraries ===== | ||
- | Group libraries are a convenient way of aggregating contents with other researchers. Register at [[https:// | + | |
+ | Group libraries are a convenient way of aggregating contents with other researchers. Register at [[https:// | ||
In sharing files with other Zotero users, you can maintain a " | In sharing files with other Zotero users, you can maintain a " | ||
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+ | The syncing of a personal collection to a Zotero group is done simply by dragging the relevant collection. Here's an illustration: | ||
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+ | You need to have the appropriate permissions on the target Zotero group to be able to accomplish this. Also note that dragging your personal collection to the Zotero group will not include the media and other files attached to the entries in your My Library collection. If you want them included in the Zotero group collection as well, you'll have to individually attach those materials online, which can go over the free Zotero.org space limit. | ||
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===== Photographs ===== | ===== Photographs ===== | ||
Currently Zotero doesn' | Currently Zotero doesn' | ||
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=====Archiving Photographs and Other Media Files ===== | =====Archiving Photographs and Other Media Files ===== | ||
- | Zotero provides a decent way of archiving photographs and other media files. But if you're anticipating a collection that amounts to over 100MB of disk space, consider | + | Zotero provides a decent way of archiving photographs and other media files. But if you're anticipating a collection that amounts to over 100MB of disk space, consider |
To link an entry from a **local** directory, click on the attachment icon. | To link an entry from a **local** directory, click on the attachment icon. | ||
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For archiving your media files in some central repository that your research team may be using, the key is to lInk your media files FROM a directory or folder that can be synced to a media server or online repository. Such file or directory can be uploaded to a server using a [[peer-to-peer-folder-sharing|peer-to-peer sharing service like this]]. | For archiving your media files in some central repository that your research team may be using, the key is to lInk your media files FROM a directory or folder that can be synced to a media server or online repository. Such file or directory can be uploaded to a server using a [[peer-to-peer-folder-sharing|peer-to-peer sharing service like this]]. | ||
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+ | In this use case, Zotero primarily manages the metadata; Resilio Sync provides backup with your team. This is by no means the only approach to digital archiving, but cost (in this case, practically zero) is of prime consideration. | ||
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=====See Also===== | =====See Also===== | ||
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* [[reference-management# | * [[reference-management# | ||
* [[Reference Management]] | * [[Reference Management]] | ||
+ | * [[troubleshooting-zotero|Troubleshooting Zotero]] |