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Jabref delete all notes6/1/2023 Zotero (or Bibtex, this is not related to OP's question) can generate virtually any citation as long as the data and style are correct. Again, you can do this once (edit the style to make it correct and all your future papers will have the correct style) or every time you write a paper (manually correct the reference list). Most likely, you can find the correct one online, but Zotero also has a easy-to-use style editor if the style is particularly esoteric. If all the citations were wrong (or all citations in one category, like books), there's a problem with the style file you used. If you do it manually by directly editing the reference list in the manuscript, you will have to do it for everyone of your future papers. You can either do the correction once, editing the details in zotero, and then all your future papers will have the correct reference. This happens for example when you generate the entries directly from a pdf - it's not a standardized format so zotero can't guess all the details correctly. If some of the citations were wrong (but not all), that means the data in your zotero database is incorrect/not complete. This makes it much easier to talk about the literature with other people It is super fast for me to find and open a paper I'm thinking of as long as I remember part of the title or at least one author. But you can also keep your notes right with the papers within Zotero I don't use this as much as I used to but it's handy when you're starting out in a field and learning what kinds of things people are doing You can set up RSS feeds from journals in Zotero. I much prefer reading papers on my tablet and this makes it pretty much seamless to go from one device to another Notes and annotations are also synchronized. I use syncthing and Zotero sync to synchronize my library between my laptop, tablet and phone. I have the zotero firefox addon so when I find an interesting paper I can literally click one button and Zotero will add the paper to the database and download the pdf for me I'm sure there are lots of other useful uses for tags Tags make it easy to keep track of what papers I've read and which are on my "to-read" list. Having folders for each project makes finding the relevant papers infinitely easier than scrolling a huge Bibtex file Not every paper I read is relevant to everything I'm doing. I use folders in Zotero for papers/projects that I'm working on. Zotero can create and maintain Bibtex files for you (Better Bibtex extension) Are you really tracking like 1000+ papers you read in one bibtex file? So easy.Īnd to be clear, I also write in latex unless forced otherwise. In papers I click a reference in the sidebar (which helpfully extracts all references for me) and either read or add to library right there. And now you have…well….basically zotero I guess.Īuto reference lookup. But then you will probably need some UI to search the files trees from one place. Yes you can do this with bibtex and a file system. Many more I skim, highlight two to three findings or protocols I care about, tag it and move on.Ībility to put things in folders/projects/sub folders. I also keep my reading notes in obsidian but only for papers I “deep read”. In-app pdf viewer allowing in-ap highlighting. Some things I do with ReadCube papers (the manger I opt to use): If one works for you that’s amazing but to pretend they actually address the same needs is weird (IMO). Like…in my mind you are asking the difference between like a database software and a simple file system filled with json files. Yes it organizes the data the same but that’s it. Bibtex is (in comparison) a markup language. I mean bibtex is in no way a direct competitor to zotero or it’s ilk. on how people are effectively using Zotero beyond just adding references to word documents? I've tried grouping projects with folders, but this just leads to heaps of duplication across folders, Ive tried And I could see this becoming extremely unwieldy.ĭo people have workshops/videos etc. I suppose adding tags and occasionally reviewing those tags to see what papers might be related/I've forgotten about could be useful, but I currently use Obsidian where I take my own notes to do this ideation process. And pretty much every single tutorial on how to use Zotero is more or less how to install it, the browser addon, and add new references to zotero (and add them to a Word document). Right now I just keep a single very long BibTeX file then easily add references to my LaTeX document.Īs it is, I see almost no benefit from using Zotero or something similar to manage my references. Hello, I am having a hard time understanding the benefits of using Zotero or other reference managers outside of just a BibTeX file.Īll the papers I write are in LaTeX because of my field, pretty much all conferences and journals require this.
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