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Zotero forLATEX Users

John Burt

Installing theSoftware

Review ofZotero

Making theLATEXDocument

CompilingThe LATEXDocument

Zotero for LATEX Users

John [email protected]

Brandeis UniversityMarch 7, 2019

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Installing Zotero

Find the application at http://www.zotero.org

for MacOpen the .dmg you downloaded and drag Zotero to theApplications folder. You can then run Zotero from Spotlight,Launchpad, or the Applications folder and add it to your Docklike any other program.

for WindowsRun the setup program you downloaded.

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Installing Zotero on Linux

Download the tarball, extract the contents and run zotero fromthat directory to start Zotero.

For Ubuntu, the tarball includes a .desktop file that can beused to add Zotero to the launcher. Move the extracteddirectory to a location of your choice (e.g., /opt/zotero), runthe set launcher icon script to update the .desktop file for thatlocation, and symlink zotero.desktop into/̃.local/share/applications/ (e.g., ln -s/opt/zotero/zotero.desktop/.local/share/applications/zotero.desktop). Zotero should thenappear in your launcher.

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Browser Connectors

These will automatically find the citations when you arebrowsing library web pages, databases, or articles.You can find the connector for Chrome and other browsers at:https://www.zotero.org/download/

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Finding the Better BibTeXPlugin

You can find info on Better BibTeX for Zotero plugin at:https://github.com/retorquere/zotero-better-bibtex

The link for downloading and installation instructions is:https:

//retorque.re/zotero-better-bibtex/installation/

This will install a file calledzotero-better-bibtex-(version number).xpi on your harddrive.

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https://retorque.re/zotero-better-bibtex/installation/

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Installing the plugin

Open Zotero. In Zotero do the following:

1 In the main menu go to Tools → Add-ons

2 Select ‘Extensions’

3 Click on the gear in the top-right corner and choose‘Install Add-on From File. . . ’

4 Choose .xpi that you’ve just downloaded, click ‘Install’

5 Restart Zotero

The plugin will then generate unique BibTeX-safe cite keys foryour entire library, and will create unique BibTeX-safe cite keysfor new items.

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Configuring the plugin

• In Zotero’s Preferences you will see a new preference tabfor Better Bibtex.

• Under the “Citation Keys” tab set “Quick Copy Format”to LaTeX to drag and drop inline LATEXcitation commandsinto your LaTeX editor.

• Set the “LaTeX command” field to cite or citep orautocite, depending on which citation command you use.

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Creating A New Collection

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Populating A New Collection(1)

Do a subject search in Brandeis OneSearch

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Click to “Save to Zotero” button at the top right of browsertoolbar

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Make your selections, and voila!(Actually, you will have to massage them a little before usingthem.)

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Export Collection as BibLaTeX

Right click (or command click) to export a collectionSave it with your LATEX document (or in your search path)

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Export Collection as BibLaTeX

Or export your whole library

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Exported BibTeX

Exported File should be a BibTeX database(works with BibLaTeX)

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Making a LATEX Documentwith Zotero

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LATEX Document

Notice the commands to set up BibLaTeX in the preamble.The biblatex command is set for Chicago author-date style.The commented-out command is set for MLA-8.LaTeX will expect a bibliography database called “cassirer.bib”

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Adding Citations to Document

Drag and Drop individual citations from Zotero into your LATEXeditor

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Result of First LATEX run

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Check the BibTeX Engine

Be sure that you are using biber, not BibTeX, if you are usingBibLaTeX (if your LaTeX file uses biber)

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Run Biber

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Result of Biber run

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Now run LATEX Again

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