Zotero doesn't recognize some books on NIH Library Catalog web site

mkling · May 15, 2007

I recently installed Zotero in my Firefox browser and have been trying to use it to import book citation information from the National Institutes of Health Library web site. I found that it was able to recognize books on some web pages of the site, but not on others. Is there a way to "force" Zotero to recognize book information, such as by selecting text that includes author, title, ISBN, etc.?

Thanks! - M. Kling, M.D.

sean · May 15, 2007

Could you please provide a few sample books/pages that are not recognized? Thank you.

mkling · May 16, 2007

Sean,

Books on the following page were recognized ("New Books" page):

http://nih-library.nih.gov/search/ftlist^bib41,1,0,57/mode=0

Here is an example of a page where Zotero did not seem to recognize books:

http://nih-library.nih.gov/search/tgenetics/tgenetics/13,130,130,B/browse/indexsort=r

I also found that Zotero did not recognize the books listed on my "Checked Out" list (which requires my ID to sign in).

Thanks for your help with this.

- M.

sean · May 17, 2007

I've updated the relevant translator, which you can download immediately by going into your Zotero preferences and clicking Update Now. Please let me know how it works.

mkling · May 23, 2007

I updated, but it still is not recognizing books on those pages. I tried searching the catalog (e.g., using the keyword "systems biology" and a page came up with several books, but they were not recognized.