Accessing a library using private key?

srburrell
Hi everyone!

I'm sorry if this is a somewhat silly question, as I'm still quite new to Zotero! My supervisor has asked me to transfer her bibliography to Zotero and has already made a start with it, so she gave my a private key code so that I could access her library and continue with this work. However, I can't seem to figure out where it is that I need to insert this key, so that I can open up and add to her library! Can somebody please explain what I am missing here?

Thanks a lot! Best wishes,
Stephen
  • aurimas
    She may have given you an API key, which is not going to be of much use to you if you want to edit her library directly on zotero.org or in a local Zotero client (though this doesn't seem like a terrible idea to me).

    You basically have two options:
    1. Your supervisor gives you her username and password for the zotero.org account. Then you can sync the library to your computer and work on it.

    2. Your supervisor creates a group, which you can join with your personal account. You can then add items to the group and, if she wants to, she can drag items from the group to her personal library. The only limitation there is that if you're interested in amassing a large collection of PDFs, you would have to pay for Zotero storage in order to sync them using the group library. (there is actually a cumbersome but free way to avoid this, but I would not recommend it)
  • srburrell
    Thank you very much for getting back to me so quickly! Ahh right, yes it was an API key! That makes a lot of sense, I was wondering if that might just be the wrong way to go about it! We will pursue one of the two options you have suggested in that case! Thank you so much for your help, it's greatly appreciated!

    Best wishes,
    Stephen

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