Finding entries not in a collection

st

Hello together,

can someone give me a tip? How can I list entries which are not in a collection. I think that with the time there are many entries in my bibliography which should be deleted. Because I added everything to a collection, which I want to store, I am sure that most entries not in a collection can be deleted.

They accumulated for example when I picked the false menu item for deleting them. So: Delete entry and not: Delete from collection.

Thanks!

Gracile

Right-click (Control-click on a Mac) on the library (My Library or the group name) and select "Show Unfiled Items". This adds an "Unfiled Items" virtual saved search.

Gracile

Now in the documentation.

st

Oh! Means "Unfiled Items" "Items not in a collection"? For me this sounds like items with no attachments... Isn't this a little misleading?

Thank you for help.

Gracile

I understand your confusion. I'm not a native speaker however. In the French translation, we had chosen "Documents sans collection", i.e. "items without collection"

dstillman

For me this sounds like items with no attachments... Isn't this a little misleading?

Not in English. The definition from Mirriam-Webster is "not placed on file or in a file <several unfiled documents>".

st

For me the collections are labels. But I understand... "Items not in a collection" would be a little long. And "Unlabeled Items" would also be a little confusing, because they are named collections...

adamsmith

this might be something for the first run guidance that Simon is creating
http://forums.zotero.org/discussion/19907/whats-not-obvious-about-zotero/#Comment_104906