Export snapshots as a proof (if original source is offline)

dalbert84
Hi,

I'm using zotero for my bachlor thesis.
As a proof that I cited online content correctly I was asked to add all "online content" (PDFs, Websites etc.) to my thesis as addtional attachements. In fact I have to export all my snapshots and offline attachments from the zotero library.

It would be great if there is the possibily to export those sources as a kind of a bibliography into a RTF or HTML file. If I would click on a entry of this bibliography the specific snapshot would be opened.

At the moment I only see the possibility to create a bookmark list but the links are linked to the original "online" sources and not to the snapshots.

Is there any idea how to do so?

A response would be great. Thanks a lot.

Dominik
  • aurimas
    I don't think you can do exactly what you want. I would probably use ZotFile to rename attachments based on metadata (say Author - Date - Title) and then export them to a folder. This is a bit tricky with snapshots, since those are composed of a large number of files.
  • adamsmith
    zotfile won't move htmls, I'm pretty sure, so that won't do here
  • aurimas
    Right, though you can drag and drop them from Zotero directly, but as I said, it doesn't work well since a snapshot is not just the one HTML file. Depending on how many Snapshots you need to save this way, it may be simpler to convert them to PDFs.
  • adamsmith
    If you export the relevant Zotero items with attachments though (e.g. as Zotero RDF), the attachments will all be included, though each in its own folder. Depending on the requirements you could just hand those in...

    I think it'd be possible to hack together an export translator that does this in html, but it'd require some javascript knowledge.
  • aurimas
    I think ideally this should be possible as some sort of mix of reports (for the HTML) and export (for exporting attachments along with the report).
  • dalbert84
    Thanks for the response.
    I'll try some of the advices and let you know what worked for me.
  • dalbert84
    ...I'm back...
    I did it in the following way:

    1. I created the bibliography in Word.
    2. I exported my Zotero Library
    3. I linked the items of the bibliography to the specific html or pdf file.

    Alternatively you can export all html files and convert them as pdf and linked them afterwards.

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