My naming convention for my notes usually includes the citekey (or links or references it). My strategy for that is encoding everything with citekeys: I have a bib file for my entire library, so I know what the citekey is with respect to the paper. Having said that, there are indeed limitations (not possible to organize folders based on collections) and yes, if Zotero eventually dies, that collection “classification” will die with it. It might not work for your particular use case, given that you’re using it for things other than references and other types of files, but it is also not impossible. Using Zotfile it’s possible to create some structure based on the wildcards it supports, and it’s possible to add some of the metadata in the filenames. You will be using a lot of time searching for single documents if Zotero for some reason got deprecated. Copy the code and paste it into your desktop Dropbox window.ġ1) Your computer will now have a file connected with the Dropbox account you chose.Not “humanly readable”. Just click on that icon.)Ģ) Click on your name or organization’s name (it should be in the in the lower left corner), then select Preferencesģ) From the menu that opens, select Accountĥ) The next time you try to open Dropbox it will prompt you to sign inĦ) Sign in with your Dropbox with CUNYFirst If you have 2-step authentication enabled you’ll see a button that says get your link codeĨ) After clicking on the button, a browser window will open where it asks you to log in with your CUNYFirst informationĩ) After logging in you will be given a code. If you already have a personal Dropbox account accessible on your desktop computer, but want to instead switch to your CUNY Dropbox account (3 minutes):ġ) Open the Dropbox App window on your computer (If you are using a Mac, the icon may show up in the upper right corner after opening. This guide should be followed in order of the numbered tabs above.
You should have already taken the Zotero 1 Workshop and downloaded the prerequisite software (below) in order to set up the linked attachment part. It has benefits and a few drawbacks that that will be covered.
*The Zotero-Dropbox linkage part of this workshop is entirely optional.
To make this possible we will install a Zotero add-on named Zotfile to move them.