Book Sections linking to Book and PDF

davemurrayrust
Is it possible to make Book Section items link to the PDF of the Book they are derived from? I'd like to be able to cite the Book Section, but have it connect back to the annotated PDF of the whole book when I go back to read more. Ideally, double clicking on the Book Section would would open the Book PDF at the right pages.

It would also be useful if I could jump to the parent Book from the Book Section. At the moment, it seems that if I've found the Book Section in Zotero, there's no way to get back to the Book without finding it separately (even if I've made the Book Section from the original Book item). It seems that the information is copied across, and there is no link back to the original item?
  • mjthoraval
    edited 2 days ago
    At the moment, it seems that if I've found the Book Section in Zotero, there's no way to get back to the Book without finding it separately (even if I've made the Book Section from the original Book item). It seems that the information is copied across, and there is no link back to the original item?
    If you have created the Book Section from the original Book item in Zotero, then the Book and the Book Section should automatically be made Related items (see at the bottom of the Item Pane).
    Ideally, double clicking on the Book Section would would open the Book PDF at the right pages.
    You can add a zotero://open/[...] link to a specific place in your PDF file as a "Web Link" attachment to your Book Section item.
    You can obtain that link either from:
    - Select the target text. Drag and drop into a text editor. Extract the zotero://open/[...] link looking like this: zotero://open-pdf/library/items/RFDB5YLR?page=3. This link will go to the target page.
    - If you want to get a more precise link to a specific location (like: zotero://open/library/items/RFDB5YLR?page=3&annotation=BHRZ4SP4), you need to create an annotation first, get the link to it, and then you can delete it and the zotero://open link will still work.

    You can also use this script from the Actions & Tags plugin to copy the link to the annotation directly from a right-click on it:
    https://github.com/windingwind/zotero-actions-tags/discussions/115

    Pressing Enter or a double-click on the "Web Link" attachment will open the PDF file at the target location.
    [It does not open at the moment from the Item Pane of the "Web Link" attachment.]

    See also: https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/82612/shared-attachments-for-book-sections-chapters
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