Re: Zotero and the Achalasia Atheneum, POEM and NOTES collection.

[Guest guest]

Notan, you are a *miracle* of kindness and learning. . . . Not even going to

try to download the app (I'm on dialup, and have yet to be able to get even an

Adobe Reader. . . .), but have bookmarked the Zotero link. And thank you!

>

> For those that don't know, I use a tool called Zotero to index

> information about achalasia. Zotero also provides a site for making

> libraries of the data that can be public. I keep mine in a public

> library I made call Achalasia Atheneum. If you are interested in seeing

> it go to:

> https://www.zotero.org/groups/achalasia_atheneum/items

>

> On the left are categories, called collections by Zotero, and on the

> right are the items in a collection. Some collection have black arrows

> next to them. That means they are a collection of collections. Click on

> the arrow to see the collections inside. Recently I add a collection for

> items about POEM and NOTES:

> Goto:

> https://www.zotero.org/groups/achalasia_atheneum/items

> Click on the arrow next to Surgery,

> Click on the arrow next to Myotomy (Esophagomyotomy),

> You should now see the POEM and NOTES collection,

> Click on it to see the items in it,

> Scroll up because you may be too low on the page now and they will list

> at the top,

> Click on an item to open it.

> Most items are going to have URLs if you want you can click on the URL

> to go to the site the item came from. Most of the items were completely

> generated by Zotero while I surfed the net. I can modify the contents

> but for this subcollection I didn't.

>

> In the past I used to publish links to the collections but I found out

> the links are temporary and don't work for long, so you have to navigate

> the menu. I guess no one cared enough to let me know.

>

> If you like the library you can have it on your computer to use. Just go to:

> http://www.zotero.org/

> Click on the Download link. Choose either the stand alone version or one

> that works through a browser. If you are going to build your own

> libraries the browser versions are best. Otherwise if you just want to

> access libraries the stand alone may be best. Don't worry about which

> type to install. You can have more than one type installed at the same

> time, but check the docs on doing that if you do.

>

> After you have your Zotero installed go and register with a user name

> and password. Then login and go to:

> Groups by clicking on the Groups tab. Then search groups for " achalasia "

> You should see the Achalasia Atheneum listed.

> Click on the group name, not the group library link.

> You should see a button for joining the group.

> Click the join button.

> You should now be able to use the group library in your Zotero application.

>

> notan

>

[Guest guest]

Notan, thank you!!!

Kim

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From: puddleriver13 <puddleriver13@...>

achalasia

Sent: Thursday, February 9, 2012 12:26 AM

Subject: Re: Zotero and the Achalasia Atheneum, POEM and NOTES

collection.

 

Notan, you are a *miracle* of kindness and learning. . . . Not even going to

try to download the app (I'm on dialup, and have yet to be able to get even an

Adobe Reader. . . .), but have bookmarked the Zotero link. And thank you!

>

> For those that don't know, I use a tool called Zotero to index

> information about achalasia. Zotero also provides a site for making

> libraries of the data that can be public. I keep mine in a public

> library I made call Achalasia Atheneum. If you are interested in seeing

> it go to:

> https://www.zotero.org/groups/achalasia_atheneum/items

>

> On the left are categories, called collections by Zotero, and on the

> right are the items in a collection. Some collection have black arrows

> next to them. That means they are a collection of collections. Click on

> the arrow to see the collections inside. Recently I add a collection for

> items about POEM and NOTES:

> Goto:

> https://www.zotero.org/groups/achalasia_atheneum/items

> Click on the arrow next to Surgery,

> Click on the arrow next to Myotomy (Esophagomyotomy),

> You should now see the POEM and NOTES collection,

> Click on it to see the items in it,

> Scroll up because you may be too low on the page now and they will list

> at the top,

> Click on an item to open it.

> Most items are going to have URLs if you want you can click on the URL

> to go to the site the item came from. Most of the items were completely

> generated by Zotero while I surfed the net. I can modify the contents

> but for this subcollection I didn't.

>

> In the past I used to publish links to the collections but I found out

> the links are temporary and don't work for long, so you have to navigate

> the menu. I guess no one cared enough to let me know.

>

> If you like the library you can have it on your computer to use. Just go to:

> http://www.zotero.org/

> Click on the Download link. Choose either the stand alone version or one

> that works through a browser. If you are going to build your own

> libraries the browser versions are best. Otherwise if you just want to

> access libraries the stand alone may be best. Don't worry about which

> type to install. You can have more than one type installed at the same

> time, but check the docs on doing that if you do.

>

> After you have your Zotero installed go and register with a user name

> and password. Then login and go to:

> Groups by clicking on the Groups tab. Then search groups for " achalasia "

> You should see the Achalasia Atheneum listed.

> Click on the group name, not the group library link.

> You should see a button for joining the group.

> Click the join button.

> You should now be able to use the group library in your Zotero application.

>

> notan

>

[Guest guest]

Great site, a played around with for a couple of hours, and that's only just the

beginning!

> >

> > ... Not even going to try to download the app (I'm on dialup, and have

> > yet to be able to get even an Adobe Reader. . . .), but have

> > bookmarked the Zotero link.

> >

>

> The web site works fine without a Zotero app but if you did have an app

> you could do searches of the library or a collection in the library.

> Also if you have the app you can build your own library of the items

> that mean more to you and even add to them from things you find on the

> net or even in books.

>

> I should mention that if anyone downloaded the app they need to turn on

> data syncing. The first time syncing with the achalasia library can take

> some time and may seem to freeze because it is one of the largest Zotero

> libraries by number of items and collections. It used to cause problems

> for Zotero because of the number of subcollections in it. They seem to

> have fixed the problems, but that first sync can take a bit.

>

> notan

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