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Zotero

Installation

Download the package in the Zotero website↗.

Basic Settings

Click the Settings(Zotero 6 is Preference) in Edit, and then:

General

My settings showed in Figure 1.

Figure 1.General settings

Figure 1.General settings

Figure 1.1.Filename Format settings

Figure 1.1.Filename Format settings

{{ year suffix }}{{ authors max="1" name="family" join="_" suffix="_" case="hyphen" }}{{ title truncate="30" case="hyphen" }}

Sync

My settings showed in Figure 2, I used InfiniCLOUD↗ for cloud store items and pdf files in my Zotero. The free plan in InfiniCLOUD (Figure 2.1) is enough for these literature files storage (I think).

Figure 2.Sync settings

Figure 2.Sync settings

Figure 2.1.InfiniCLOUD

Figure 2.1.InfiniCLOUD

Export

My settings showed in Figure 3.

Figure 3.Export settings

Figure 3.Export settings

Cite

My settings showed in Figure 4.

Figure 4.Cite settings

Figure 4.Cite settings

Advanced

My settings showed in Figure 5 & 6.

Note: “Data Dictionary Location” means the place in your computer you want to store your Zotero data (everything in Zotero, such as items info, items pdf attachments, other attachments, and …).

Figure 5.Advanced settings1

Figure 5.Advanced settings1

Figure 6.Advanced settings2

Figure 6.Advanced settings2

Advanced Settings: Add-on

Click the Add-on in Tools. Figure 7 showed the add-on extensions I used. All of them are excellent add-on extensions!

Note: Figure 7.1 recorded the Better BibTex Settings in my Zotero.

Figure 7.Add-on

Figure 7.Add-on

Figure 7.1.Better BibTex Settings

Figure 7.1.Better BibTex Settings

[year][auth:lower]'_'[shorttitle1_0:lower]
year + auth(n=0,m=1,creator="*",initials=false).fold.lower + "'_'" + shorttitle(1,0).lower

Basic function

Output reference

  • Export references

    • Method 1: After selecting an item, click Edit
    Figure 8

    Figure 8

      	***Copy citation (复制引注)***

  	(Beffel & Nuttall, 2020)

  	**copy reference list (复制参考文献表)**

  	Beffel, J. H., & Nuttall, A. K. (2020). Influences of parentification and benefit finding on prosocial behavior among typically developing siblings of individuals with autism spectrum disorder. *Research in Developmental Disabilities*, *104*, 103694. <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2020.103694>
    • Method 2: After selecting an item, right click
    Figure 9

    Figure 9

    Figure 10

    Figure 10

  • Delete local files while deleting attachments

    Figure 11

    Figure 11

  • Show items from sub-collections

    Figure 12

    Figure 12

See item in which group

Just select the item, and then press “Ctrl”.

Reference

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