Upgrade StorageAdding a custom information field
188BET靠谱吗I'm wondering if Zotero still intends to make it possible for users to add a custom field to the Information section, and, if so, roughly when it might be made available.
I've checked the discussion logs and it appears that the last time a question was posed was mid-2016.
I've checked the discussion logs and it appears that the last time a question was posed was mid-2016.
For the time being, you can store custom information in the Extra field.
In the early days of my sciencing, I started my own database for citations, in Excel.I eventually abandoned it, because adding bibliographic data and implementing citation styles was simply too much work, and the lack of Word integration didn't help.However, it had a bunch of strong benefits, particularly in how I can define my own data fields easily.
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It was immensely helpful, as I could do a parametric search in my table to quickly find the relevant papers I didn't quite remember the authors or title of.
188BET靠谱吗I would like to have similar capability in Zotero.That would have been just SUPER AWESOME.188BET靠谱吗I'm happy do donate some money for this feature, if it can help (I've already bought some cloud storage, not for using it, but just for supporting Zotero).
I also hope my screenshot can help shape this feature, because the way excel does it is pretty much perfect.
(Edit: Which I realize is what I said above—nothing has changed there.)
188BET靠谱吗Can I add one more request along this line to perfect Zotero: I'd like to be able to edit the fields directly in the citation list rather than have to click through the metadata box.Why can't this be a bit more like a spreadsheet in design?It would be killer.Thanks for considering!
Any progress on being able to tweak fields in the info tab?
Or has anyone developed any workarounds?
I think this could be broken down to 'not so much complexity' if those fields are a kind of separate from the default fields, and of course not used for citing.
But it would be very useful to have them available in the table, search etc.functions, and very very useful to have them in group libraries.
Anyway just my two cents.
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That will get picked up by citation styles.
188BET靠谱吗wondering if anyone has come up with a solution to append manually added data extraction fields to their zotero content ie a series of customised extra fields that could be used as containers for this extra information.This would be a great benefit for systematic reviews and meta-analysis and more generally for structured analysis of references at the time of reading.
188BET靠谱吗Currently, the key citation fields for studies are exported from zotero into systematic review software.Data extraction for each study is then done within the review software or seperate spread sheets.188BET靠谱吗As I understand, this information becomes task specific ie for single review then exists within the software or seperate data bases but is no longer linked to the reference in zotero or easily reusable.
The ideal would be to:
1.188BET靠谱吗retain this extracted information within zotero to allow re-use.
2.enter the information when reading the primary source article on the go and independent to the specific systematic review.ie a system for structured reading / notes on key variables about the study.Examples: new custom field for:
study type: RCT, observational, case control
sample size: enter exact number
etc
188BET靠谱吗These new structured custom fields could be searched within zotero or exported as csv.This would provide greater utility than tags alone.
188BET靠谱吗Keen to know if others have found work arounds for this or if this could be part of the vision for zotero.ie user defined custom fields, default data type text.
Here is an actual use case scenario.A founding agency has started to ask for citations that highlight the name of the principal investigator/s.Usually, those names are not the only authors of an item, or are not the first N names in the list.
Example:
Say the item's author list is: Alice, Bob, Carol, Dave
In the text, Dave and Bob are to be highlighted in the citation because they are the PIs.So the result should be this.(Bob, Dave)123
Where 123 is the index in the bibliography.
I do not know of any way to specify which names to use in the citation, apart from the obvious clumsy trick of creating a dangerous duplicate item that has only Bob and Dave as authors.
So, it would be nice to have the possibility to create a custom field with a manually given value that can be picked up in the citation style.
188BET靠谱吗CSL 1.0.2 also includes a principal-investigator creator type that will be available in some capacity in Zotero likely within a few weeks.
As a health sciences PhD student, the common recommendation from faculty is to have an evidence table to track and appraise what I am reading.It pains me to do this in Excel.188BET靠谱吗I really want it to be directly entered in my Zotero database, where I could then export a table and easily re-use the appraisal later if related to a different topic.
I wish I had the skills to code an add-on myself, but would be happy to work with someone.
I just came across the info about editing the export translator ( 188BET靠谱吗https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/comment/369564#Comment_369564) and may see if that could get me close to what I am looking for, but if others have work-arounds for this use I would be happy to hear about them!
Thanks.
Would it possible?