
Download Zotfile plugin or for Standalone (for standalone right click the plugin link and save file. Unfortunately this isn’t available on Macs. For access to your Dropbox folder on a Graduate Center Windows computer, you can install DropboxPortableAHK in your network folder (U drive). Install dropbox on computer and set up account:. Integrating Zotfile, GoodReader, Zotero and Dropbox Also supports OpenOffice and OfficeLibre. Look for icon in menu bar that will enable you to add citations and bibliography directly from MS Word. Go to preferences/cite and install Word Processor Plugin. Title it, ‘Save to Zotero.’ Go back and edit the link by pasting in a code. On your web browser create a bookmark to any random page. Note that dragging and dropping files will not remove them from their initial location. Right click on the items and request “retrieve meta data” which will enable Zotero to automatically search for the metadata and create a citation. You can add your personal PDF collection by dragging and dropping multiple PDF files into the Zotero frame. You can also add websites through ‘snapshots’ that will preserve the websites content for future reference or manually add the citation. This may take a minute to load but usually works. You can add citations by identifiers such as ISBN, DOI or PubMed ID. These will allow you add citations in different ways. Popular sites that Zotero usually recognizes are JSTOR, Wiki, Amazon, NYTimes and Google Scholar.Ĭheck out the other icons on the top area of the Zotero frame. If a collections folder is highlighted, the citation will go into that folder. By clicking it, Zotero will automatically input citation information into your Zotero account. When Zotero recognizes citation information, an icon will show up on the right side of the URL window. Zotero allows you to easily input citations while browsing the web. You can build the entire index in the preferences as well.) (This allows the text within the PDF to be searchable. Add PDF Indexing software by going to Preferences, Search and installing. If sync doesn’t begin automatically, click the circle arrow, second icon from the right. Sync your Zotero account by clicking the gear icon (third from the left), selecting preferences/sync and then entering your account info. Open the Zotero plugin by clicking on the ‘Z’ or ‘Zotero’ in the bottom right corner of the window.
First, create an account on Zotero, and download the Zotero firefox plugin (or standalone platform if you prefer).2 Integrating Zotfile, GoodReader, Zotero and Dropbox.
1.4 Adding content from a tablet or phone.