Is there a way to copy in-text citations from reference?

Chase926733 · September 22, 2022

Is there a way to copy in-text citations from references in Zotero like in citationmachine.net?

I'm new to Zotero and trying to figure out what it's capable of.

adamsmith · September 22, 2022

If you're asking whether you can get citation metadata from a list of references, see
https://www.zotero.org/support/kb/importing_formatted_bibliographies#plain-text_citations_and_bibliographies

If I'm misunderstanding, could you give an example?

Chase926733 · September 22, 2022

If you go to https://zbib.org/ and use the ZoteroBib tool for references you can click on the copy icon and get an in-text citation like (Cohen, 2021) from a reference. Can you do the same on Zotero?

adamsmith · September 22, 2022

oh of course -- you can do right-click --> Create bibliography and then select citation in the options or you can use quick copy for a pre-selected citation style:
https://www.zotero.org/support/creating_bibliographies#quick_copy

Chase926733 · September 22, 2022

Thanks! That cleared it up. I'll try using that next time I write a paper.

dstillman · September 22, 2022

To be clear, Quick Copy — keyboard shortcut or dragging — would be the faster option here. But if you're writing a paper in a supported word processor (Word, LibreOffice, Google Docs), you would want to use the word processor plugins, not this.

https://www.zotero.org/support/word_processor_integration

Chase926733 · September 22, 2022

Okay, I'm using Microsoft Word so I'll give the plugin a try next time. I'm just trying to get used to Zotero since I've only ever used online reference generator websites before.