How to prevent database file downloading to Endnote?

D_Pons

Historically I have been using Endnote, and am now giving Zotero a try. I have both installed on a windows machine.

The problem is when I download a set of references from a database (e.g. .nbib), the file is intercepted by Endnote. Zotero does not appear to register itself as an application capable of opening such files.

Q1: How to direct bibliographic downloads to Zotero?
Q2: Is it possible to easily switch between where the file is directed?

adamsmith

The standard way to import into Zotero is via the browser extension: https://www.zotero.org/support/getting_stuff_into_your_library#via_your_web_browser
That also works for multiple results, i.e. in pubmed up to 100 with changing the pubmed display settings.

If you do want to do larger bulk exports from Pubmed, downloading the file and using import in Zotero is the way to go.

Zotero does intercept some formats when you download them (.bib and .ris) but isn't as expansive in that as Endnote.

@dstillman you could consider adding .nbib (i.e. https://github.com/zotero/translators/blob/master/MEDLINEnbib.js ) to the list, though. I don't really see a downside.

dstillman

Zotero does intercept some formats when you download them (.bib and .ris) but isn't as expansive in that as Endnote.

Just to clarify, there are two different mechanisms here — one is interception using the Zotero Connector, based on the file content type specified by the server, and the other is OS file association based on filename extension. The former is limited to RIS and BibTeX. The latter includes a bunch of different formats (e.g., .mrc/.marc). You're suggesting that we do the latter and have Zotero register itself as a handler for .nbib files?

adamsmith

I hadn't thought about this much, but I think you could actually do both. .nbib files are served by pubmed with an application/nbib mimeType, so you could use that from the connector and register Zotero for .nbib files in the operating system.