Chrome OS
I have a cr-48 Chrome OS Notebook and I am more than willing to test out anything that may be developed for this environment.
Zotero is my new lover now that I''m working on my MAT and I'd love to see a plugin/extension/ anything that makes it more than just the website for Chrome OS.
Zotero is my new lover now that I''m working on my MAT and I'd love to see a plugin/extension/ anything that makes it more than just the website for Chrome OS.
All is good in GA
E.g. in Google Docs you can insert a code like {author, year, PMID}, download it as an RTF and then upload it to myendnoteweb.com where it is formatted and dropped back towards your computer. You can choose all styles you wish. Having to manually paste the PMID into the doc is the only downside.
I've been following Zotero since its inception but because of the above shortcomings I don't want to commit my entire lab to it. We produce in the cloud using live documents and format in the cloud using a shared Endnote library (OK Zotero/Mendeley can do that, too).
This method works well because for the first insertion of references we use the GDoc built-in "research" function via ctrl+shift+alt+i. Even if Endnote disappeared the text will now permanently show that reference before we copy and reformat it using Endnote per Journal instructions. The ctrl+shift+alt+i inserted references are either HTML coded footnotes that all word processors recognize or they are in line text [author, title, year] that can be copied via the webclip board and pasted using the RTF pasting - this will preserve footnotes.
http://www.zotero.org/downloadbookmarklet
What exactly is the message you're getting?
"Saving Failed…
No items could be saved because this website is not supported by any Zotero translator. If Zotero Standalone is not open, try opening it to increase the number of supported sites."
Thanks for all your help by the way.
There is a list of all the translators we have:
http://zotero-translator-tests.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/
but some of them work on many, some on hundreds of sites so it's not always possible to tell if there is a translator.
So, in summary, you certainly *can* use Zotero on your Chromebook. Install the Chrome Zotero connector, open a window logged on to your Zotero account, and then you should be able to go about collecting references and adding them (even with attachments) to your database just as on a "regular" computer.
I assume a person would have to use Google Docs or Office 360, but how do you cite/footnote a source from Zotero without manually copying it? This is where it seems Chromebooks and Zotero won't play well together since it appears to still need the Standalone version. Is this right? Or am I missing something? Thanks for any help
https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/zotero-dev/90ix5AiEOzQ
(note though, that the dev list is really only for dev discussion, not a place to express general support for development etc.)
1. There has been some talk about a better solution, e.g. by allowing to specify a specific collection for the bookmarklet to save to -- I think what's not on the menu (though I'm not sure) is to specify the collection each time you save.
2. Until then, maybe the unfiled collection (save search, technically) could be quite useful, especially when sorted by date added?