Zotero while traveling - explain iPad compatibility like I'm five?

mikanovd
Hello there! I will be travelling soon and was thinking of taking my iPad instead of my computer because it is more compact. However, I expect to do a significant amount of work citing/editing my thesis.
I currently use a Windows computer, I am working on desktop Microsoft Word on a file that is saved to my school account cloud in OneDrive (Sharepoint?? I am not sure). I primarily use the Zotero desktop app. I have paid for more space on my Zotero library so that my files are stored in the cloud.

Is there a way to easily work on this from an iPad? What apps should I work on, and what do I need to do to set this up? Or am I better off just lugging a bit more weight rather than switching up my work process?
Thanks in advance!
  • dstillman
    edited 15 days ago
    You can save to the iPad app from your browser (with metadata and files, like the Zotero Connector), edit/organize your library, and read and annotate PDFs, but there's not yet any sort of word processor integration, so you wouldn't be able to insert active citations from your library. If you wanted to cite, you'd probably want to insert placeholders into your document that you could search for and replace later with real Zotero citations when back on your computer. (You could of course copy formatted citations from the app, but you wouldn't want to do that in a thesis where you were already using the Word plugin.)
  • mikanovd
    @dstillman thank you for clarifying this! It sounds like iPadd app's best usability is working WITHIN the library (ie: researching, reading, editing sources) but not quite as good for the writing/citation aspect of the process. I appreciate your help!
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