to organize my hard copy files so i can find the papers based on the unique number e.g. m00001, m00002 etc. I give my Zotero entries a number e.g. m0001 and label my hard copy with the same number which i then file in number sequence with other hard copies.
There's no automated way to do that. You can use s field like "Rights" which is never used in citations, but you'll have to manually create the labels. Zotero has internal unique identifier, but they're random alphanumerical strings, so those wouldn't be terribly useful.
Thanks - this is helpful. I'll try the RIGHTS field and enter numbers/labels manually to correspond with the labels on the hard copies I have. What other fields are never used in citations?
I just checked to see if the RIGHTS field was empty in my already entered citations (nearly 1000) and some citations have entries - so this is not the best field as I will be losing metadata. I'm wondering whether the EXTRAS field is ever used for anything downloaded? marg
"There's no automated way to do that. You can use s field like "Rights" which is never used in citations, but you'll have to manually create the labels. Zotero has internal unique identifier, but they're random alphanumerical strings, so those wouldn't be terribly useful."
Is there any way to expose the internal unique identifier?
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(personally I keep my PDF print-outs sorted alphabetical by author)
edit - or what Rintze says.
Is there any way to expose the internal unique identifier?