[solved] How do you use tags and collections?
Hello there,
I used to use collections and sub-collections exclusively to sort my items but now discovered several drawbacks with that method:
- the risk of duplicates in the collection names. Often I do not remember the exact name of a collectio, thus cannot find it and create a new collection with almost the same name to categorise an item.
- collection names cannot easily be searched from Zotero search.
These two issues do not apply for tags. They can be searched and whilst adding a tag to an item I get suggestions of existing tags based on my input.
Thus my question, which advantages do collections still have and how do you use them?
Thanks,
Robert
I used to use collections and sub-collections exclusively to sort my items but now discovered several drawbacks with that method:
- the risk of duplicates in the collection names. Often I do not remember the exact name of a collectio, thus cannot find it and create a new collection with almost the same name to categorise an item.
- collection names cannot easily be searched from Zotero search.
These two issues do not apply for tags. They can be searched and whilst adding a tag to an item I get suggestions of existing tags based on my input.
Thus my question, which advantages do collections still have and how do you use them?
Thanks,
Robert
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It is much more clear now.