Fastest way to add folders of PDFs?

chante77

I've used BibTex to import my collection of references from Paperpile into Zotero, but it doesn't import the associated pdf files. What is the most efficient way to import the pdf files in and have them matched to the references already in Zotero? (I have 500+ references/articles; I'm not interested in manually matching file to reference.) Are there any good ways to do this?

THANKS

adamsmith

No, there's no way to do match PDFs to already imported items other than doing it manually. There's really no way to export metadata and files from Paperpile?

chante77

Thanks Adam,

The options are Bib Tex, RIS, CSV, or JSON. Would any of these work?

bwiernik

Can you export one item with an attachment in BibTeX, RIS, and JSON, copy the contents to hastebin.com or similar, and link here?

adamsmith

In principle both BibTeX and RIS can contain file links -- try exporting both, open with a text editor and see if there's any sign of the files.

chante77

Thanks Adam, no link I can find in BibTex, but RIS has a link (e.g. L1 below)

TY - CHAP
AU - Markle, Susan M
A2 - Lange, P
TI - Empirical Testing of Programs
T2 - Programmed instruction
SP - 104-138
PY - 1967
DA - 1967
PB - University of Chicago Press
KW - Markle
KW - Markle Paper
L1 - All Papers/M/Markle 1967 - Empirical Testing of Programs.pdf
ER -

However, I can't find the link after I import to Zotero. Where would I look for it?

qqbb

It should be possible to import a Paperpile library including PDFs, see here:
https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/63741/exporting-pdfs-from-paperpile

chante77

@qqbb, how did I miss that? Thank you!!! I'll look into that. :-)

chante77

Yup that works. For future reference for anyone else, all you need to do is place the RIS file inside your Paperpile folder before importing it to Zotero.

THANK YOU qqbb and adamsmith for your help! :)