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If you're interested in using the import feature, we can talk about that later. For now, we'll start by adding records manually.

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Download a PDF of a journal article from your favorite bibliographic database
(e.g. PubMed, Google Scholar).

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Click the green and white "plus" icon.

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Click "Journal Article"

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Fill in the appropriate metadata fields for your journal article.

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Link the PDF to the bibliographic entry by dragging and dropping.
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1. 1. Can also click on the "paperclip" icon, and select Attach Stored Copy
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1. 1. of File.
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1. 1. By default, Zotero will make a copy of the file, and store it in its
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1. 1. own library. So if you delete the original, it won't affect the copy in your
    library. UNLESS you link the file, rather than saving a stored copy.
Import Items from the Web
=========================Now let's try the web importer.
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1. Navigate to PubMed Central: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/
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1. Search for something, e.g. "model organism"
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1. Click on the first result
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1. 1. Notice the icon in the address bar that looks like a sheet of paper.
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1. 1. This means that Zotero thinks that it can extract bibliographic data from
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1. 1. this page.
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1. Click the sheet-of-paper icon
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  1. 1. Notice the dialog in the bottom right, as Zotero imports the record.
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  1. 1. You should now see an entry in your Library!
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  1. Click the arrow next to the new entry to see the resources that Zotero has
    associated with that entry.
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    1. 1. Note the link to the PubMed website; double-clicking that will take you
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    1. 1. to the original page on PMC.
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    1. 1. Note also that it found a PDF!
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    1. Double-click the PDF: it should open in your browser.
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      1. You can also right-click, and select "Open in External Viewer"
      Importing Multiple Entries
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      The Zotero web importer can import multiple entries at the same time.
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      Go back to your search results on PMC.
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      Note the icon in the shape of a folder in the address bar.
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      Click on that folder icon.
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      Select the search results to import, then click "OK"
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      Note dialog in the lower right
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      You should see those new entires in your library.
      
      Biodiversity Heritage Library
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      Go to http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/
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      Search: "origin of species"
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      Click first result: "On the origin of species"
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      Note Zotero recognizes bibliographic entry; go ahead and import
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      Note that metadata fields are populated; do you see any problems?
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      Click "View book" on the right side of the page.
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      You can navigate page images by scrolling, or using the menu in the
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      upper right.
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      Click page 23 in the menu at right.
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      Click "Show OCR" tab. This shows plain text that has been automatically
      extracted from the page.
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      We want to attach the full OCR text to our bibliography entry...
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      Click: Download Contents > Download Book > Download OCR
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      Go to (in the menu at the top of your browser window): File > Save Page As --
      pick an easy-to-find spot
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      In Zotero, click on the entry for this document.
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      Click the Paperclip Icon > Attach stored copy of file.
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      Select the plain text file that you saved.
      Digital HPS Repository
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      Go to http://hpsrepository.asu.edu/
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      Click on the links: History of Evolutionary Ecology > Evolutionary
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      Ecology Oral Histories
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      Click on the item: [Oral history interview with Stanton A. Cook about his
      ecological research in California and Oregon. Part 1 of 3.](http://hpsrepository.asu.edu/handle/10776/6096)
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      Here we'll use the "import web page" function in Zotero: click the blue page
      icon in your address bar.
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      Note that most metadata fields have been filled (including URL)
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      You can select a different item type (e.g. audio recording), but you
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      may lose some fields.
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      Now we want to add the transcript of this interview to the item in Zotero.
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      Right click on the "View/Open" link for the transcript bitstream,
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      and "Save link as"
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      In Zotero, click on the paperclip icon, and select the transcript file.
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      For the audio file, may not want to add to library (too big) -- this would
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      be a good candidate for linking to, rather than storing, a resource.
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      Right click on the "View/Open" link for the audio bitstream, "Copy
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      link location"
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      Click the paperclip icon > Attach link to URI.
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      Paste in the URL for the audio bitstream.

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Import Items from the Web

Importing Multiple Entries

Biodiversity Heritage Library

Digital HPS Repository