biblint VS zotero

So now I considered to use Zotero. But this lacks a lot of what I do currently, e.g. running my scripts to unify entries. I saw that there is a plugin architecture, and the Zotero-better-bibtex plugin, and a Python script using that debug bridge. So probably I can use that as a base to make my existing scripts work. But not sure if I should work on that now. I also wonder a bit that I still need to put so much own work into it, and how other people are doing this.

How crucial is it that the notes be saved in the browser? If that's not essential, you can import your bookmarks to the Zotero desktop software and annotate them there. They offer an add-on to send new bookmarks to the software as you add them. https://www.zotero.org/

Citing primary sources isn't different from any other kind of source, it just depends on what source it is: book, website, etc. Zotero is awesome if you have a ton of sources you want to keep track of, and it'll do all of the formatting for you. This is the quick version just to cite one thing. Purdue OWL is the best introduction to MLA style.

In case you write just a single article, this isn't a big problem: Manually add your sources at the end of your text, and you’re done. But if you (like myself) publish regularly, you might want to have a central repository of your references including publication dates, publisher info, links etc. That’s where Zotero comes into play:

What Caribbean Blue Story said. Only add is to look into Zotero and how it may assist you with a boox.

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You could probably get Zotero to function like that using tags.