how to store RIS/EndNote data from web site?

terber

Hi

I'm new to Zotero and have troubles to use the web translators in an optimal way.

For instance on https://www-jstor-org.ezphost.dur.ac.uk/action/exportSingleCitation?singleCitation=true&doi=10.2307%2F1914185 I am offered to export the citation as "RIS file (EndNote, ProCite, Reference Manager)". When I clicked on this option the first time , a Zotero po-up asked me if Zotero would be allowed to process this file. I agreed but afterwards nothing happened, besides that Firefox offers me to download the file.

What am I doing wrong?

For what it's worth, I'm using FF 19.0, Zotero 3.0.14 on Windows 7 64bit Ultimate, German locales.

adamsmith

ideally this should work via the URL bar icon
http://www.zotero.org/support/quick_start_guide#capturing_items
the problem is that your university's proxy replaces the periods in the host name (i.e. www.jstor.org ) with hyphens, so Zotero doesn't recognize it anymore and doesn't display the icon.

We might be able to fix this, though likely not super quickly. Simon, Aurimas, any opinions on this? We currently allow hyphens in domains for pubmed and could add it easily to JSTOR, but it seems like a more general solution would be better.

For me, this also works via the RIS file export from JSTOR, though - you're sure your OKd the message? The Firefox download would be what happened if you canceled. Make sure you have the "Use Zotero for Downloaded RIS/Refer" option checked in the Zotero preferences, you don't have Zotero Standalone running while trying this and to be safe try this again after restarting Firefox.

terber

Thank you for your swift feedback.

> Make sure you have the "Use Zotero for Downloaded RIS/Refer" option checked in the Zotero preferences
Checked.

> you don't have Zotero Standalone running while trying this
Checked.

> try this again after restarting Firefox.
Firefox was restarted - but to no avail: It sill offers me to download or to open the file "DownloadSingleCitationSec".

As this is easily reproducible, I'm willing to test it with any test or debugging configuration I'm asked for.

adamsmith

I can actually reproduce this intermittently but not consistently, which is particularly odd.
Could you try playing around with this a little? E.g. open the "text" (BibTex) option in a new tab, then try the RIS again.

As a workaround, you should also be able to import the DownloadSingleCitationSec that you download into Zotero (using import from the Zotero gears menu). It will be imported into a new collection, though.

And just to be clear - none of this should be necessary. On a normal set-up, import from JSTOR is a one-click operation. If you're able to do this from campus or via a VPN connection that would make it a lot easier.

terber

> Could you try playing around with this a little? E.g. open the
> "text" (BibTex) option in a new tab, then try the RIS again.

No change, the buggy behaviour remains stable for me.

As I'm in parallel enrolled in another university I just for test purposes switched to their library and proxy to access the same JSTOR item. With this other university everything was fine. That should proof that my Windows/Firefox/Zotero installation is generally ok.

Again, as this is easily reproducible for me, I'm willing to test whatever is requested.

adamsmith

Try after disabling all other Firefox extensions and restarting Firefox (you can re-enable them later).

adamsmith

oh, and from the other library - did you use the same method or the URL bar icon?

terber

Very strange - the observed effect is gone. Everything now works as expected. Same link, same computer, same configuration, no material changes at all.

Thanks anyway for your patient support, and maybe something could be done in one of the future Zotero releases about the period-by-hyphen-replacement described earlier on. Until then the direct download of the RIS file is good enough for me.