How do I export a subset of my library to BibTex?

slow500

Hi

I am looking for a simple way to export only a subset of my library to BibTex. Effectively, I am looking for the BibTex equivalent of the "Create bibliography" option.

Tried to select the relevant items in a collection and then export to BibTex but to no effect.

All suggestions welcome. Thanks.

Stefan

slow500

Immediately after submitting my question, I realized that I want to "export a collection" - and yes, right-clicking a collection gives me that option, into BibTex!

Sorry to bother you all...

Stefan

adamsmith

you can also select individual items and click "Export selected items" -->Bibtex to export individual items to bibtex.
Finally, you can even set bibtex as your quick copy format
http://www.zotero.org/support/creating_bibliographies#quick_copy
and get bibtex export via drag&drop.

slow500

Thanks, Adam, for your quick and helpful reply.

Regarding your suggestion about drag'n'drop: which latex editor would support the feature you describe? I tried Lyx but it did not work for me.

Thanks again.

Stefan

PS: My initial failure to find the relevant sections in the documentation are a classical example of using the wrong search terms...

adamsmith

if you're using LyX, have a look at Lyz
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/lyz/