Using Zotero with focus on writing a paper?
My primary focus is writing papers; from the start to the end there will be many versions. (Using LibreOffice 6.0.) As time goes on I want to insert references and view and copy parts of notes about those references, but without leaving the paper that I'm writing. However, Zotero was designed to focus on references. I want to know how to use it for my focus. Surely someone has experience with this.
But generally I don't think most people writing papers consider looking things up in their reference manager a distraction or waste of time. Referencing is part of academic writing; I don't think a distinction between the two makes a lot of sense.
Using the LibreOffice plugin, you just click the button to insert a citation. The search bar to search for the reference will pop up in LibreOffice. No need to switch to the Zotero app.