Those 3 window views contain the contents of the following information/searches for the referenced paper: A floating window is opened, with three dots across the top to indicate which data source for that paper you are looking at. In the tab list of references, you can click on each listed reference to get more information on each. and the reverse link at the other end to jump back). If selected in Preferences, any references that already exist in your Library will be listed under the Related tab (with the usual hotlink to jump to that reference. My previous experience with Crossref is that reference data is now stored there increasingly often for papers, but it is sometimes incomplete for a given paper (eg it may not know about any listed references than don't have a DOI). Second Refresh click (eg if first one failed) checks at Crossref and CNKI for that paper's reference list metadata. But I haven't tried many papers yet, to know if that success is common, eg with more obscure or complicated reference list formats. This worked well for me, extracting a full list of all references. If automatic, or the first time Refresh is clicked if not (with the default 'PDF' setting in Preferences), then it tries to find a reference list at the end of the PDF and parse it automatically.

It automatically extracts/list references from the PDF in that tab if set to do so, otherwise tab opens with just the Refresh button showing. I turned this OFF for now.ĭon't know exactly what this does, ie what/where it saves ?Īddon installs a Reference tab in right pane of PDF viewer. If ON, any references in the extracted list that are already in your Library (or collection ?) will be added to the Related tab. PDF means it first tries (automatically, or on first Refresh button press) to extract the actual reference list text from the PDF paper and parse it automatically for references.ĪPI means that it first tries to find the reference list via an online service (Crossref, CNKI) that includes reference metadata. Sets order of mechanisms by which addon tries to extract a paper's reference list. They can still have manual extraction, by the Refresh button.

It also sets what type of documents to ignore, ie those less likely to have a reference list at the end. If ON, will automatically try to extract a PDF's reference list as soon as the PDF is opened in Zotero (no need to press Refresh button for initial extraction). 'References are refreshed automatically but the following item types are not'

Installed the addon's XPI in the usual way. I used Chrome's Translate function to translate Chinese to English. And it's pretty comprehensive and impressive. It's had 33 releases at github so far (currently v0.3.6) so it does have some maturity. Just spent an hour or so playing with this new Zotero Reference addon.

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