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 ======Library Item Overview====== ======Library Item Overview======
  
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 The foundational elements in most Zotero libraries, //regular items// take the form of reference types---books, journal articles, manuscripts---and have associated bibliographic  metadata (Title, Author, Publisher, etc.). Regular items can be created manually by using the New Item drop-down menu or automatically by clicking the Zotero address bar icon to save from a supported website. The foundational elements in most Zotero libraries, //regular items// take the form of reference types---books, journal articles, manuscripts---and have associated bibliographic  metadata (Title, Author, Publisher, etc.). Regular items can be created manually by using the New Item drop-down menu or automatically by clicking the Zotero address bar icon to save from a supported website.
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 +You generally always want to work with regular Zotero items, rather than bare attachment files (e.g., PDFs, word processor documents), as regular items have item metadata that is required to interact with most of Zotero's features.
  
 Regular items can only be top-level items. Attachments and notes can be added to regular items as child items. Regular items can only be top-level items. Attachments and notes can be added to regular items as child items.
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 Attachments are files and web links without full bibliographic metadata. There are four kinds of attachment items: Attachments are files and web links without full bibliographic metadata. There are four kinds of attachment items:
  
-===Web Links===+===Web Links and Other URIs===
  
-Web links are essentially bookmarks to websites. When you save a link, Zotero stores only the page title, URL, and access date, and you need to return to the site to view the page content.+Web links are essentially bookmarks to websites. When you save a link, Zotero stores only the page title, URL, and access date, and you need to return to the site to view the page content. You can also attach links to the URIs for other programs, such as onenote:// or evernote:// links.
  
 ===Snapshots=== ===Snapshots===
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 Notes can either be //child notes// (attached to regular items) or //standalone notes// (top-level items not attached to regular items). Notes cannot have child items attached to them. Notes can either be //child notes// (attached to regular items) or //standalone notes// (top-level items not attached to regular items). Notes cannot have child items attached to them.
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 +While the Zotero program will allow you to insert embedded images into notes, they will currently not sync (and make prevent your Zotero library from syncing altogether). Improved support for embedding images in notes is planned.
  
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kb/library_items.txt · Last modified: 2017/11/22 13:55 by bwiernik