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I'm new to Zotero and anxious to get started. I seem to be caught in a loop of some kind. Zotero is showing in my updated firefox screen and I can see the quick start guide and the 2.0.2xpi file. Whenever I attempt to open the xpi file I am given a box to install add-ons. I do this and firefox restarts. I then click on Zotero and attempt to open the xpi file and the box to install add-ons comes back up and this just goes around and around. I have re-updated firefox and reinstalled Zotero and I'm caught in the same loop. I attempted to open Zotero in Internet Explorer and get a message that tells me the file is corrupt and limits my options to saving this file (which is, of course, already saved.) Can you help me out?
If you already have Zotero installed, just open it from the status bar or Tools -> Zotero.
Thanks for responding. I seem to still need a little help.
If I go to tools and click on Zotero the same half-screen set of boxes pop up that I get when I click on the Zotero word that appears in the lower right corner of my Firefox page. These three boxes say (from left to right) 1. "My Library" and "Trash," 2. Title: "Zotero Quick Start Guide" and "zotero-2.0.2.xpi" and 3. "View Snapshot" or "Locate." I can get into the Quick Start Guide (obviously that's how I'm able to write to you) but whenever I try to open zoreto-2.0.2.xpi I get that message about add-ons. Is this what you wanted me to try when you said just open it from the status bar or tools?
I'm a complete novice at this so please forgive me if this problem is kind of silly. I know it must be something simple that I just don't see. Please try to give me very explicit instructions about what to do next. I really appreciate your help.
Thanks, Jeanne
That "same half-screen set of boxes pop up that I get when I click on the Zotero word that appears in the lower right corner of my Firefox page" is Zotero. Do not click on zotero-2.0.2.xpi again.
So, you have Zotero up and running (btw, it must be in Firefox...it won't work in IE). Now, what would you like to do with Zotero?
You probably want to "get stuff into Zotero," since there isn't much you can do with it until you do. Start with this link Getting Stuff into Zotero.
About half way down is a section on adding stuff manually. It might be good to start there so you can learn about what it is that Zotero "collects."
Check back if you have more questions.
Wow! This is amazing. (and it was right in front of me and I didn't even know it.) I want to try using it with a document next. There is probably a link to a help page for using Zotero in a document like the one you sent me for getting things into Zotero? Where are these help pages located? I'll try them from now on before I contact you. Thank you so much for your help.
Jeanne
I suggest you start out by trying to catalogue (or index) a journal article into zotero, because this is where zotero is most useful (I am assuming you also need it). There are different ways of doing it. Try out the easiest one : 'Add Item by identifier'. If you have a journal article, it come with a 'DOI' number, which usually appears just after the abstract (unless the article was published many years back). You can use this number to get the bibliographic details of the article into your zotero database. Do the following: click on the 'add item by identifier' icon (Just hover you mouse pointer on icons at the top to know what they do). A small window pops up asking for identifier. Copy and paste DOI in this window and ok. If you are connected to net, the 'meta data' of the article should load into your system and should appear in the main window below.
If you don't have DOIs, you can just use your favorite journal databases, or even Google Scholar, and click the paper, folder or book icon in the address bar. Also, there's always the option to create items manually, as described in the Getting Stuff into Zotero article linked above.