Is there a way to colour code or otherwise mark read/unread papers?
I've tried having a look through the forum but can't find anything yet. I will quite often go "paper shopping" and dump a load of them into one directory to look at later, then I want to sift them by abstract to decide which might be important (and mark them somehow), then once read sift them again. Ideally I want to keep them all in the same directory for whatever project I'm currently on, so moving them to other directories isn't really a solution for me. I would ideally want to highlight each title in a different colour, or put a marker in a column.
Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
https://www.zotero.org/support/collections_and_tags
Now if you meant directories in your local hard drive, then just don't do this :-) Import your "paper shopping" results into a specific buffer collection of Zenodo, and remove them for said collection when you read them. Problem solved?
So I'll create something like "2014 policy changes" and drop all the papers in there.
Then I'll go though reading and making notes on the papers.
BUT
I can only see which ones have notes on by expanding the entry for that paper - what I want is a quick way to sort them so when I come back to reading I know which ones I still need to read and note. Kind of like in your email when you have read and unread in bold or not bold.
Have now added a column to the view that shows Notes. I'd still like the inbox thing though, as a feature request.
Still getting used to using the software but it's really useful.
https://www.zotero.org/support/collections_and_tags#colored_tags
This Zotero Tag addon can add tags, such as 'unread', to new items and remove them after you open them.
Add tags in the batch is also very useful.