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Zotero

Zotero is an open source reference manager.

Install

retorquere/zotero-deb provides packaged versions of Zotero reference manager and Juris-M for Debian-based systems.

curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/retorquere/zotero-deb/master/install.sh | sudo bash
sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y zotero

From the AUR

yay -S zotero-bin

chocolatey:

choco install zotero

winget:

winget install --id=DigitalScholar.Zotero -e

Zotfile attachment manager

Storage space for attachments is limited to 300MB in the free plan of Zotero. The jlegewie/zotfile attachment manager work around this by storing attachments to a custom folder. (e.g. Dropbox / OneDrive / Google drive folders)

  • Download the .xpi file from ZotFile and install it via the Zotero extension interface. Restart Zotero.
  • In the zotero main program preference
        - Sync -> settings -> untick Sync attachments in my library
        - Advanced -> Set Linked attachment base directory to your library folder.
  • In the ZotFile settings
        - Set Location of Files to Custom Location and point it to your library folder.
        - (Optionally) Set Source folder to your download folder.

Zotero and Obsidian collaboration

Source: Mariana Montes' post

In the Zotero APP

  • Install Better BibTex add-on.\
  • Define a citation key template in Zotero Preferences => Better BibTeX

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  • Export your reference by right-clicking Your library => Export library => Choose Better BibLaTeX as the format and tick Keep updated. Save the library file.

In the Obsidian APP

Assuming Obsidian has been installed.
- Install obsidian-citation-plugin via the Obsidian settings => Community plugins => Browse for Citations.
- In the Obsidian settings => Community plugins => Citations, choose the exported BibLaTeX library file as the citation database path

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  • You can now use Ctrl + Shift + O to create a literature note and Ctrl + Shift + E to insert a link to a literature note.

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