Manually adding a non-Zotero reference
Is it possible to add a reference in a footnote simply ask text that is not part of a Zotero library? Here's a workflow a user is trying to achieve:
1. Add various references as Chicago Style notes in a document, citing from Zotero.
2. Manually copy/pasting a reference from someplace else for a dictionary, since she doesn't want to bother putting the dictionary in question into Zotero.
I tested this, and as expected, a refresh of the document deletes the manually added item from the footnotes.
My suggestion is just to tell her that she needs to put the dictionary in Zotero, but if there's a workaround you'd recommend, that would be very helpful!
1. Add various references as Chicago Style notes in a document, citing from Zotero.
2. Manually copy/pasting a reference from someplace else for a dictionary, since she doesn't want to bother putting the dictionary in question into Zotero.
I tested this, and as expected, a refresh of the document deletes the manually added item from the footnotes.
My suggestion is just to tell her that she needs to put the dictionary in Zotero, but if there's a workaround you'd recommend, that would be very helpful!
What doesn't work is adding content to a Zotero-generated footnote. That will indeed get overwritten on update. The only way to do that would be in a suffix or prefix.
edit: I assume this is obvious, but the dictionary wouldn't appear in the bibliography, but CMoS says that's usually OK.
1. Insert citation 1, note 1 appears at the bottom of the page.
2. Insert note 2, same.
3. Manually paste dictionary note beneath note 2 at the bottom of the page.
4. Insert note 3, same as 1 and 2.
Refreshing didn't remove the manual note, but when I deleted citation 2 in the document, Zotero maybe decided it was part of that note, despite the carriage return in between, and removed it along with note 2.
Any advice?
Also, yes, your edit makes total sense and is the behavior I expected.
If you need a references without Zotero in a Zotero-created footnote there are two options:
1. As per the above, use a suffix
2. Don't insert the footnote using Zotero. Instead, insert the footnote using Word, then insert the Zotero citaiton in the footnote, then manual type the non-Zotero citation.