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--- related [2012/02/27 12:07] – rmzelle
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-The Related tab allows you to associate a given record in a library with any other item, whether or not they are in the same collection. Within the Related tab simply click on the Add button. A pop-up screen will show your libraries. Pick any item (hold down the control key to select multiple items) within the same library then click OK. A one-line description of the related item now appears. If you double-click on that description, it takes you straight to that item's record. You will also notice that the newly related item is, in turn, now related to the item you started out with.
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+<a href="https://www.zotero.org/blog/zotero-5-0">Zotero 5.0</a>. Some documentation
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-There is no single way to use the related feature. Some helpful uses:
-  * connecting book chapters to their parent volume
-  * connecting book reviews to the book reviewed
-  * connecting different versions of a work (e.g., connecting a lecture that eventually became an article that eventually became a book)
-  * linking associated items from different collections
-  * linking items that form parts of a single work
-  * linking one item to another discussed in the Abstract or Notes fields
-  * linking items that have similar comments in the Abstract or Notes fields
-However you use this feature, bear in mind that links set up in Related are not transitive: if item A is related to B, and B to C, item A will not be automatically related to C. If you want item A related automatically with C, perhaps starting a new [[collections_and_tags#collections|collection]] would better serve your needs.
+====== Relating Items ======
-Linking across libraries is not allowed.
+In addition to [[collections and tags]], a third way to express relationships between items is by setting up "relations". Relations can set up between any pair of items in a library (it is not possible to relate items from different libraries).
+To create a relation, select an item in the center column and go to the "Related" tab of the right-hand column. Click the "Add" button, and select one or multiple items from the same library in the pop-up window (hold down control or shift (Windows) or command or shift (OS X) to select multiple items) and click "OK". The selected items will now show up as related items in the "Related" tab, and clicking an item will take you straight to that item.
+Note that when you relate item A to B, B will be automatically related to A. But relations are not [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transitive_relation|transitive]]: relating A to B, and B to C, will not automatically relate A to C.
+Some suggestions of how you could use this feature:
+  * connect book chapters to their parent volume
+  * connect book reviews to the book reviewed
+  * connect different versions of a work (e.g., connecting a lecture that eventually became an article that eventually became a book)
+  * link associated items from different collections
+  * link items that form parts of a single work
+  * link one item to another discussed in the Abstract or Notes fields
+  * link items that have similar comments in the Abstract or Notes fields