Searching

the

Library

The

Zotero

library

offers

multiple

query

options

for

searching

through

documents

and

publications:

* Keywords * Quick search * Advanced Search *

• Keywords
• Quick search
• Advanced Search
• Sub-folders

• (not

• recommended)

Each

of

these

will

be

described

below.

For

more

detailed

information,

see

the

Zotero

search

help

help

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Keywords

The preferred method for browsing/searching

the

library

is

the

selection

of

keywords.

The

keyword

list

is

automatically

reduced

to

the

keywords

of

the

remaining

items.

One

can

further

narrow

the

search

by

selecting

additional

keywords.

The

search

results

are

shown

in

the

main

window.

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Quick search and advanced search

Quick search and advanced search can be used to scan for words within all labels of the items (title, author, etc.). Results are shown in the main window.

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Categories

The library can be searched on the main- and sub-categories by selecting items in the library tree. The main window will immediately show the items stored within the selected categories. NOTE: this form of searching is not recommended. This is because the folders are not automatically updated based on the keywords; that is, selection of a keyword does not ensure that the document will be visible in the sub-folder. That has to be done manually.

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