Entering Bibliographic Information for unsupported webpages

NathalyNYNY
Hello,

I'm new to Zotero and have thus far been importing documents found on unsupported webpages (World Bank and international NGOs). I read in a discussion post that there is a side bar option which allows me to view the bibliographic information in the third, right-most panel (as shown in video), but don't understand how to actually view my Zotero in this way.

Essentially, what I'd like to do is edit bibliographic information that is not automatically pulled by Zotero in order to import my references into OpenOffice or Google Docs. At the moment a quick drag only copies the file name into the word processing program.

Please help!

Warm regards,

NathalyNYNY
  • anders_royce
    Hi. If a drag is only producing a file name, then you are probably trying to drag an attachment. Zotero has two categories of items, references and attachments (files, notes, etc.). Attachments do not have bibliographical information attached to them. What you want to do is click on the green "+" icon in the Zotero pane, and add a new reference for whatever type of record you are trying to add. Once you create that, you will be able to edit its information in the right pane. Then if you have a PDF, snapshot, or some other file type, you can attach that to the main record.
  • adamsmith
    you can also use "Create New Item from Page" which will create a web page item - you can then change the item type and input the missing/wrong information.
  • ajlyon
    Also-- it sounds like you are using Zotero 1.0. If you are, upgrade to Zotero 2.0-- it moves the snapshot of current page tool to a menu, encouraging users to create full fledged items, so that they don't find themselves in the position that you are in, where they can't cite their saved items very easily.
  • NathalyNYNY
    Hi all --

    many thanks! I didn't realize I had only created attachments, as pointed out by anders_royce. Also, a quick google scholar search for the same item made the process way easier and also produced a better version of the document in question -- pretty awesome.

    now, can anyone tell me how I can recover a deleted attachment? I forgot to copy the notes I made on the old file after I created the new one.. UGH.

    Cheers,

    Nathaly
  • NathalyNYNY
    please disregard the last post -- i just did a manual recovery..
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