Possible to add numbers

jannet
When we are writing an article, we write a manuscript outline with every paragraph. In each paragraph the specific references are numbered (because the dictation is easy to recognise a number instead of a name).

When you dictate the article: bla, bla, bla (reference 1), bla, bla and bla (reference 2,3,4)
Normally we print the papers - but it is a waste of paper. So if I in Zotero could make af folder (like the name of the paper - which I all ready do) and give each reference a number at sort them by number (ref 1 , ref 2, ref 3 etc)
The I could use Zotero and I would know exactly which reference was number 1, 2 etc.

Alternativ if I could give them a assigned number - like paper1.1 and easily find it, then I could be sure it was the correct reference that was added, when I'm in the dictated paper adds the references
  • adamsmith
    you can't really assign a number to documents in Zotero, no. What you can do - and I'm not sure this is what you're after - is create a document with a numeric citation style (like Vancouver or IEEE) using the Word/LibreOffice plugin
    The bibliography at the end of the document will then be a numbered list of references.
  • jtcathey
    Well that pretty useless since most scientific papers are numbered
  • adamsmith
    I think you may be misunderstanding the question and/or my answer. Numbered bibliographies of the kind you find in most scientific papers, are possible.

    You just can't see those numbers in Zotero, because the number assigned to a given reference isn't stable. It changes as you edit a paper and it's obviously different the next time you reference it.
  • emilianoeheyns
    They're not even stable within a single document -- if you add a reference, per what numbered styles like the IEEE style demand, all numbers could change. One of the reasons I despise numbered styles. This is not something Zotero should even attempt to "fix", it is just what is required by such styles.

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