Update metadata

mamta_ruparel
Hi

I am new to zotero. I have imported citations from mendelay, and imported some new ones using the import zotero tool. However some of the papers are appearing in my library incorrectly- eg missing author data, missing pdf. How do I update to correct the metadata, and import pdf simultaneously?
  • dstillman Zotero Team
    edited May 1, 2025
    Metadata updating is coming. For now, you can add a new item with Add Item by Identifier or by saving from the web (which should download the PDF if you have access), select both items, right-click, and merge them.

    If you have direct (on-campus) or VPN-based access to PDFs, you can download PDFs for items without PDFs via right-click → Find Full Text. (Otherwise you'd have to save from the web.)
  • omentic
    Hi @dstillman, could you point me to what metadata updating is going to look like / when we can expect it in Desktop Zotero? I just made a post about this feature as I couldn't find anything in search (these forums are quite hard to use! cool they are so active, but shame that things are not indexed in ex. a zulip or something) but then I changed my keywords and this popped up.
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