To fix this, I navigated to the location of my new database file via terminal (or Cygwin in Windows) and did the following:Įgrep -v "internal-pdf" original.bib > new.bib The internal PDF links from Zotero were written out to the URL field, meaning there are now a bunch of broken URL links in JabRef. Import the RIS file into a new database in JabRef and save itģ. Export the Zotero library in RIS format (my BibTex format export from Zotero caused issues with JabRef)Ģ. There are a couple tricks to switching over, so here is what I did:ġ. I am sure there are a ton more, but I just started using it today It supports field-based views, but let's you view and directly edit the BibTex code as well asĤ. It supports online searches so you can find and easily capture references onlineĥ. It is all stored in a small, easily transferable, BibTex fileĤ. It can automatically link entries to files in any directory you specify based on the bibtex keys.ģ. It can autogenerate bibtex keys based on a format you specifyĢ. It is simply a frontend for your BibTex file, but it has some really cool tricks:ġ. It is free, works on Windows, Linux, and Mac, and let's you use relative links. I just switched today to JabRef and love it. I want to be able to sync my database between my computers, and have functional links to the associated files. When you add a PDF from another directory, Zotero copies it into its own internal structure, which is confusing and involves folders with random letter names. I am guessing this has something to do with Zotero running as a FireFox plug-in. You can tell Zotero where the file is, but you would have to do this for every file in the database. If you sync your database to a second computer, it shows the links as still being there, but if you try to click on a file to open it within Zotero you get an error message saying Zotero cannot find it. I love being able to sync my Zotero database between my personal Mac and school PC, but the syncing breaks the file links. Otherwise, they would have it, wouldn't they? This again makes me think that the way Zotero is written, relative links are not possible. I should also point out that on Zotero's website, there are numerous posts from users requesting relative links, but with absolutely no reply from Zotero. Update: I edited the following paragraph to clear up some confusion pointed out in a posted comment. There is one problem with Zotero, however, that I just cannot move past: its inability to use relative links for linking to files. You can also find an objective comparison of Zotero, JabRef and various other tools here provided by the Library of the Technical University Munich.If you know the academic me, you know I love, and regularly tout, using Zotero to manage my ever-growing bibliography. I would say no, but both solve the same problem differently It is directly possible to fetch the bibliographic data (and the fulltext PDFs) by just providing an identifier such as a DOI, ISBN, … - as far as I know you’ll always have to lookup the source in the browser first in Zotero.Īnd - for me - the most important aspect is that JabRef is using a simple storage format (bibtex) which can be stored anywhere in the file system, can directly be used in LaTeX (without an additional export step), can be shared directly, can be simply versioned in version control systems, and can be even used in conjunction with SQL-Databases.Īre JabRef and Zotero trying to solve different problems? fields for standard entry types and it is also possible to create new non-standard types. It is possible to customize the set of “required”, “optional” etc. I think JabRef is stronger in it’s grouping, searching and (table) sorting features. I’m a developer, but not really an user of Zotero - so my knowledge upon Zotero is only limited.
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