People without zotero account - can they access the data?

ECEH_Econ
I would like make my zotero informatoin to public via a website or gateway. I wonder it is possible to allow people who don't have the zotero account to access my zotero information and use the information. It sounds a stupid questoin but I am curious to know as some database like dropbox could do that function.
Looking forward your contribution.
  • aurimas
    If you create a public group, all of your references (excluding file attachments and optionally notes) are publicly accessible without logging in on zotero.org. E.g. https://www.zotero.org/redalearning/items

    I'm not sure what you mean by
    and use the information
    Use it how? They can export references to a number of widely supported formats as well as obtain formatted references to place directly into a bibliography.
  • ECEH_Econ
    Thanks for the solutions. Then I have created a group but it is a private one. Do I need to change the option into public one so that the references are accessible by general public without loggin in?

    Then how can I direct the public about the URL to access my public libary? https:?????
  • aurimas
    edited November 14, 2013
    Sorry, in my post above I didn't mean to say public group. I meant if you "Publish entire library" in your account's privacy settings https://www.zotero.org/settings/privacy

    Though you can also certainly use a group to have more control over which parts of your library are accessible. Yes, you would have to set your group to public for the references to be accessible.

    Edit: the url for your public library would be the same that you see in your url bar.
  • morgain13
    How do I construct the URL to give people to access my bibliog (public, online)
  • adamsmith
    you can just give them the URL that you see when you visit the group library online. The URL takes the form
    https://www.zotero.org/groups/<grouplibrary>/items

    where <grouplibrary> is the group's name in all lowercase and with underscores substituting spaces.
  • morgain13
    Sorry I don't yet understand.

    If I click Library the URL builds using my personal username.

    https://www.zotero.org/<username>/items

    I don't want it to display my name, I want it to display as its own title which is "Mabinogistudy"

    When I look at the list of items there is a folder on the left under the Library top level title, called "mabinogistudy"

    I have also created a group called "Mabinogi" (with public access, but admon only editing)
    But I don't see any way to integrate it with the library list I started making. There is a link to Group Library page but it only has access settings - nothing to link it to this particular list of stuff.

    I just want to have a list of items which is available to anyone to read, copy, search, but only editable by me.
  • adamsmith
    I have also created a group called "Mabinogi" (with public access, but admon only editing)
    that's good. Now you only have to get the items from your library into the group. For that, you can just drag them over (in the client - not online) one collection at a time.
    http://www.zotero.org/support/groups#interact_with_groups_through_the_zotero_client
    Once you sync, those items will show up in the group library online, which should be under the url
    https://www.zotero.org/groups/mabinogistudy/items
  • morgain13
    edited November 30, 2013
    EDIT deleted a problem as described as I solved it.

    Thank you so much. I dragged the Collection as you advised, and then found I had to individually drag each item into it from the source collection. Not so terrible as I only have a sample 16 items to play with.

    I need to understand the relationship between the Collection in My library, and the collection with the same name in the Group.
    From the documentation the Group Library is a copy which then diverges from the source library (My Library)
    Can I just continue with the Group Library version? I don't want to keep dragging items across.
    In fact couldn't I just delete the Collection in My Library - otherwise I bet I'll get confused one night when I'm tired!

    Do I still add/ edit/ delete in My Library version? Nothing happens in the client if I click the Group library version.
  • adamsmith
    Can I just continue with the Group Library version? I don't want to keep dragging items across.
    In fact couldn't I just delete the Collection in My Library - otherwise I bet I'll get confused one night when I'm tired!
    yes to both.
  • morgain13
    Ok sorry to pester but I need to get this right at the start.
    It looks like my personal Library is actually visible to the public.
    So I didn't really need to create the separate Group to make it visible publicly.
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