MTRG and seaturtle.org libraries

stokes
I am a new user of Zotero. Having just downloaded it I have discovered that the icon to capture reference info does not appear when I look at journal articles through the two main online library sources that I use: http://www.seaturtle.org/mtrg/pubs/ and http://www.seaturtle.org/library/

These are specialist sites for marine turtle research - is there any way to get these added so that I can use Zotero with them or should I give up now?

Thanks
  • adamsmith
    edited January 8, 2010
    they can't just be "added" - someone would have to write a translator - considering that the data on that site isn't presented in very comprehensive or systematic fashion that is going to be hard and the results unsatisfactory - but if you find someone who knows some java script it's certainly doable.

    edit: the individual entries have buttons that allow you google scholar searches - using that and the google scholar translator will give you pretty good results.
  • Bionatsci
    edit: the individual entries have buttons that allow you google scholar searches - using that and the google scholar translator will give you pretty good results.
    Another good way to do this if you are using Zotero 2.0b is to drag the PDF link button into Zotero (middle pane). This creates a "standalone" PDF which you can then right click on and select "retrieve metadata for PDF". This grabs the reference info from Google Scholar. See the article below.

    http://www.zotero.org/support/retrieve_pdf_metadata

    Which way is better depends on whether you want the PDFs stored with the info, and whether you have access to all the PDFs (some seem to require subscription/login).

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