How to export a single source from Logos to Zotero?

Jon Chapman
Jon Chapman Member Posts: 2 ✭✭
edited November 2024 in English Forum

I have often struggled to get sources from Logos into Zotero. All the methods I've tried were cumbersome and required a lot of effort every time I'd need to add a new resource. Also, adding my entire library was not a good idea since the seminary I attend provides an over abundance of resources that come standard with logos.  

But Eureka! I found an easy / simple / straightforward way!

Going to the information section for a resource and selecting a citation style of "Refer/BibiX Style" then click copy.

Then in zotero got to File > Import from Clipboard

So far it has worked every time.  Occasionally I have to add in some missing info such as authors / editors.  But for me it's much better than trying to enter it manually.

Maybe this process was already out there.  If it is I wasn't able to find it.

Please feel free to suggest improvements, recommendations or corrections as needed.

NOTE: these instructions are for a Mac.  Your PC might be different.

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  • MJ. Smith
    MJ. Smith MVP Posts: 55,148

    Welcome to the forums and thanks for sharing. Come back often.

    Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."

  • GregW
    GregW Member Posts: 307 ✭✭✭

    I’ve found the easiest way is to copy the ISBN from the Title Page in Logos, then click the magic wand on Zotero, paste in the ISBN and press enter. That normally fully populates the information, as Zotero does a lookup in a library catalogue.  It also doesn’t rely on Logos having populated the metadata properly, which used to be more of an issue than it is now. But your way is a perfectly valid way of t - some of us have got into ways of doing things that compensate for old problems that aren’t around any longer!

  • Jon Chapman
    Jon Chapman Member Posts: 2 ✭✭
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1269693#Comment_1269693

    I’ve never been able to find the ISBN #. And YES that would be the best way!! I’m gonna take a look for it today. Maybe it’s been there all along and I just overlooked it. Thanks for the feedback!

  • GregW
    GregW Member Posts: 307 ✭✭✭
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1269713#Comment_1269713

    Jon Chapman said:

    I’ve never been able to find the ISBN #. And YES that would be the best way!! I’m gonna take a look for it today. Maybe it’s been there all along and I just overlooked it. Thanks for the feedback!

    Logos doesn’t store it in metadata that we have access to, but I normally just look on the title page of the book for it.  

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