Unique ID for each entry

Charlie.Kay2132 · May 13, 2020

Is there a unique ID created for each entry? If so, how can I view that? I like to take notes of what I am reading in a personal wiki and would like to use the unique ID for quickness and can lookup for actual citation at publish.

emilianoeheyns · May 14, 2020

I think Zutilo (https://github.com/willsALMANJ/Zutilo) can show the internal key as part of the so-called "select link" you can have it show. It will be the alphanumeric ID at the end.

Alternately you could install my plugin (https://retorque.re/zotero-better-bibtex/) which also gives items an ID, but it's much, much more heavyweight than Zutilo, and may do a lot of stuff you have no interest in.

adamsmith · May 15, 2020

yeah, the nice thing about the select link is that it'll open Zotero to the item in question, so indeed very useful (and indeed available via Zutilo)

Louise.Rouse · June 1, 2020

How does one install Zotero Better Bibtex? The install instructions are all for the now defunct firefox version.

dstillman · June 1, 2020

@Louise.Rouse: No, they’re not — read them carefully.