Upgrade StorageDuplicating then using the wrong entry
Hello
I'm hoping someone can offer me some insight into how to get out of this jam.
When adding items to my collection that were multiple chapters in one edited book, I was duplicating entries and then changing the chapter authors and titles in order to keep the book title and editors (and publishers) the same.
I just found out that if I had a citation pointing to chapter A, duplicated A, edited first entry A (not the duplicate) to become chapter B, the citation would not point at the duplicate A but at the B, changing the citation in my word file.
Is there a way I can figure out which of my citations have been unintentionally changed from A to B? I'm not just talking about one citation; this has potentially happened with a very large number of entries (this is my PhD dissertation).
The only thing I can think of is to see which sources I have entered in Zotero (the 'chapter As' as it were) do not show up in the document and then try to figure out which Bs should become As. This is a complete mess. I'm hoping someone can think of something easier.
I would be very appreciative for the advice.
Thank you.
I'm hoping someone can offer me some insight into how to get out of this jam.
When adding items to my collection that were multiple chapters in one edited book, I was duplicating entries and then changing the chapter authors and titles in order to keep the book title and editors (and publishers) the same.
I just found out that if I had a citation pointing to chapter A, duplicated A, edited first entry A (not the duplicate) to become chapter B, the citation would not point at the duplicate A but at the B, changing the citation in my word file.
Is there a way I can figure out which of my citations have been unintentionally changed from A to B? I'm not just talking about one citation; this has potentially happened with a very large number of entries (this is my PhD dissertation).
The only thing I can think of is to see which sources I have entered in Zotero (the 'chapter As' as it were) do not show up in the document and then try to figure out which Bs should become As. This is a complete mess. I'm hoping someone can think of something easier.
I would be very appreciative for the advice.
Thank you.
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Is it possible to have Zotero tell me when it is making a change during a 'refresh' to see what it changes?
Is it possible to have it tell me whether there is a citation in my file that is no longer in my library?
no.
"Is it possible to have it tell me whether there is a citation in my file that is no longer in my library?"
Zotero will do that already - but it goes by the internal item ID, not by how that citation looks. By design it's possible to change the content of an item in the Zotero database without Zotero complaining.
I think my best bet is to do a search and see which citations fall outside the possible page range. And for citations that don't give a page, I'll just have to check them manually. I've made a list of 55 citations that came from the duplicating process.
If library entry x was created and modified before entry y (which is from the same book which means it was a duplicate) was created, then there should be no misattributed citations in my work related to these entries.
If entry x shows it was created but modified after entry y's creation, then it likely means that entry y is the duplicate (of original y) and any citations that pointed to the original y are now attributed to x.
Does that sound right?