Possible to import items from a document's reference list

baidarkabob · March 24, 2011

Hi,

I am wondering if it is possible to import items from a journal article's reference list.

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adamsmith · March 24, 2011

http://www.zotero.org/support/kb/importing_formatted_bibliographies

ajlyon · March 24, 2011

Zotero can't do this natively, but see:
http://www.zotero.org/support/kb/importing_formatted_bibliographies
http://freecite.library.brown.edu/welcome
http://aye.comp.nus.edu.sg/parsCit/

All these services provide output that Zotero can import-- and Freecite is even detected by Zotero, so you can click the icon in the address bar (unfortunately, Freecite is not the most reliable of the bunch).

adamsmith · March 24, 2011

we should add freecite and parsCit to the list on th kb site - how well does parsCit work?

baidarkabob · March 24, 2011

Thank you!

ajlyon · March 24, 2011

Actually, I can't get parsCit to work at all right now. But Freecite is worth adding-- if only because I wrote a translator for it!

adamsmith · March 24, 2011

freecite would be great if they'd get a grip on that super annoying date-bug that doesn't capture any years past 1999... but it's still useful.