Login for Census to add PDF

Boettcher · 2026-05-20T20:13:36+00:00

I am trying to get some of Census working papers, let's use this link to test https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/working-papers/2018/adrm/bfs_paper_Feb2018.pdf

I want to use Zotero to organize a lot of CES papers.
To do this, it is asking for me to log into Census (see image).
What can I do?

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Jennifer

dstillman · 2026-05-20T20:37:04+00:00

It looks like you're trying to paste a web address into the Zotero file picker? You can't do that (in Zotero or any other program) — that prompt is Windows trying to connect to the website as a file service.

See https://www.zotero.org/support/adding_items_to_zotero#adding_pdfs_and_other_files for adding PDFs.

Boettcher · 2026-05-20T21:45:20+00:00

Thank you dstillman. Good to know it's NOT doable. I can put the reference page in Zotero and add the attachment as suggested above.