I just clicked on the green plus sign after making a new folder in zotero and then I used the option "Store copy of file..." and added all of my 73 references to that folder on zotero. After a while, zotero automatically converted the pdf files to references and kept the pdf attachments as well. If you do not want those attachments because you already have those saved in PC and do not want duplicate on C drive in zotero's installed location then click the little arrow on the left of each reference to reveal the pdf files and continue doing it for all the added references. The arrows should be pointing downward once you click on them. Now press CTRL and start clicking on only all the pdf files revealed below each reference. Make sure not to click on the reference itself. Once all pdf files r selected, do right click on any of the selected file and select "move items to trash". This will clear your duplicate copies from C drive and will keep the original pdf sources in your computer as such.
Can you please explain why we need to download the PDF? i write paper for medicine and most papers are not free. I have been importing references from pubmed. Does it make any difference? Thanks
You don't have to download the pdf. You can use pubmed or the other ways in this video to download citation information. I like to have the PDF attached so that I can easily search the papers I have. Hope that helps!
@@SciGradCoach , is there a way to convert some article or presentation to PDF inside Zotero? I mean, if I already have a presentation as .pptx in Zotero, can I convert it to PDF? Or may be there is a way to annotate a .pptx file in Zotero?
You can always build out the citation manually or pull it from Zotero Connector on google scholar. Here is a full video to walk you through these steps: ua-cam.com/video/7P6W-QScP7o/v-deo.html
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Awesome video! This will definitely help for my thesis paper.
I'm so glad!!!!
Very helpful and concise ... thank you
Thank you! So happy it helped!
I just clicked on the green plus sign after making a new folder in zotero and then I used the option "Store copy of file..." and added all of my 73 references to that folder on zotero. After a while, zotero automatically converted the pdf files to references and kept the pdf attachments as well. If you do not want those attachments because you already have those saved in PC and do not want duplicate on C drive in zotero's installed location then click the little arrow on the left of each reference to reveal the pdf files and continue doing it for all the added references. The arrows should be pointing downward once you click on them. Now press CTRL and start clicking on only all the pdf files revealed below each reference. Make sure not to click on the reference itself. Once all pdf files r selected, do right click on any of the selected file and select "move items to trash". This will clear your duplicate copies from C drive and will keep the original pdf sources in your computer as such.
Thank you so much... it worked. really appreciate it
Thank you for this. May I ask - how are you filming your screen? Software of some kind? Many thanks.
So how does this Zotero make it easier than using the Reference process in Ms Word. Zotero seems to do the same and makes things a lot harder…
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super useful. Thank you
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Can you please explain why we need to download the PDF? i write paper for medicine and most papers are not free. I have been importing references from pubmed. Does it make any difference? Thanks
You don't have to download the pdf. You can use pubmed or the other ways in this video to download citation information. I like to have the PDF attached so that I can easily search the papers I have. Hope that helps!
@@SciGradCoach , is there a way to convert some article or presentation to PDF inside Zotero? I mean, if I already have a presentation as .pptx in Zotero, can I convert it to PDF?
Or may be there is a way to annotate a .pptx file in Zotero?
Thanks! Excellent.
I am so glad it helped!
What if after adding the PDF it doesn't automatically create a citation and does build out the citation? Is there a way to get the citation?
You can always build out the citation manually or pull it from Zotero Connector on google scholar.
Here is a full video to walk you through these steps: ua-cam.com/video/7P6W-QScP7o/v-deo.html
thank yooo so much😁😁
I am so glad it helped!!!!
Hello! thanks it was very helpful. Could you show us how to cite with the cross-reference website? and insert the link that takes you to the doi.
I will have to look into this more. Are you mainly wanting the doi in the citation or specifically through the cross-reference website?
Thank you so much. Good luck on you 🌹
Thank you so much!
Helpful but too fast
I am glad it was helpful. Sorry, it was too fast.