Upgrade StorageCreate item from BibTeX text
For astrophysics literature, one often finds oneself referred to the NASA ADS, to a page like this: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006astro.ph..9293D .
Zotero can't translate this page yet, and unfortunately the ADS doesn't offer a "Download to EndNote" button. What it does offer is a button called "BibTeX entry for this abstract". Here's the output:
@ARTICLE{2006A&A...460..647D,
author = {{Dobke}, B.~M. and {King}, L.~J.},
title = "{A simple analysis of halo density profiles using gravitational lensing time delays}",
journal = {\aap},
eprint = {astro-ph/0609293},
year = 2006,
month = dec,
volume = 460,
pages = {647-652},
doi = {10.1051/0004-6361:20065389},
adsurl = {http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=2006A&A...460..647D&db_key=AST},
adsnote = {Provided by the Smithsonian/NASA Astrophysics Data System}
}
What's the prospect for allowing Zotero to quickly create an item from a BibTeX entry? Perhaps by requiring the user to highlight to text in question, then right-click on it, or just click a button in the Zotero toolbar.
The present alternative is to temporarily save the BibTeX to a text file, then use Zotero's "Import" feature.
I should mention that the BibTeX above contains the undefined shortcut \aap. I don't know whether Zotero should try to do something clever like expanding that (to "Astronomy and Astrophysics") or not.
Zotero can't translate this page yet, and unfortunately the ADS doesn't offer a "Download to EndNote" button. What it does offer is a button called "BibTeX entry for this abstract". Here's the output:
@ARTICLE{2006A&A...460..647D,
author = {{Dobke}, B.~M. and {King}, L.~J.},
title = "{A simple analysis of halo density profiles using gravitational lensing time delays}",
journal = {\aap},
eprint = {astro-ph/0609293},
year = 2006,
month = dec,
volume = 460,
pages = {647-652},
doi = {10.1051/0004-6361:20065389},
adsurl = {http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=2006A&A...460..647D&db_key=AST},
adsnote = {Provided by the Smithsonian/NASA Astrophysics Data System}
}
What's the prospect for allowing Zotero to quickly create an item from a BibTeX entry? Perhaps by requiring the user to highlight to text in question, then right-click on it, or just click a button in the Zotero toolbar.
The present alternative is to temporarily save the BibTeX to a text file, then use Zotero's "Import" feature.
I should mention that the BibTeX above contains the undefined shortcut \aap. I don't know whether Zotero should try to do something clever like expanding that (to "Astronomy and Astrophysics") or not.
Best, Daniel
Very usefull functionality for me too !
I always use it in JabRef and would like to see creation of a new item from BibTex data herer as well.
GUI: simply add text filed in teh third (right) panel after "Realted" for example.
Another option - from Buffer.
Now I have to deal with notepad or jabRef just to import a single item - ridicoulous!
Thank you !
This will currently create a new import collection each time, which it possibly shouldn't.
We'll likely add auto-detection and an import option to the browser content context menu at some point.
Unfortunately I am in the middle of thesis writing and for utmost stability I decided to keep using zotero 1.0.10 for now (which doesn't have that feature).
It feels quite akward to go the "import from clipboard" way compared to all the other seemingless item creation options.
Thanks a lot for all the hard work you're putting into this project.
Note that, with keyboard shortcuts, Import from Clipboard (cmd-shift-v/ctrl-alt-v) does make this pretty easy. The main obstacle, as noted above, is that Import from Clipboard currently creates a new collection each time.
Imported correctly as a new entry, not creating any different collection.