Having more than one "library". Is it possible?

javier_vm

Hi there!

I love Zotero. Yet I have one issue with it. I have "my library" library, but I would like to have several libraries. For instance, one for a review paper, another one for my research, and another one for another (broad) research topic.

I know I can do this with collections. However, using different library would help me in some ways:

1. If I have duplicates (for instance, the "review paper" library would have duplicated papers with tags added for the purpose of review), I would know more easily which one of the duplicates I really want to look at.

2. I use `citr` package in R and this package allows to select a zotero library but not specific collections. So when I look for some reference I get the duplicates but I do not know which collection it is from. If I had several databases/libraries, this would be easier. Also, loading the database would be faster.

Any insight on this issue would be greatly appreciated.

Best regards,
Javier

dstillman

Yes, though it's an advanced configuration and not recommended for most users:

https://www.zotero.org/support/kb/multiple_profiles

dstillman

(You can, alternatively, create separate group libraries that only you belong to, and keep things separate that way.)

javier_vm

Thank you dstillman,

But can the group library be offline? Or they have to be in the Zotero account online?

dstillman

You can always disable syncing, but group libraries are meant to be synced, yes.