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--- adding_items_to_zotero [2024/04/11 04:26] – [Verify and Edit Your Records] dstillman
+++ adding_items_to_zotero [2025/02/27 22:22] (current) – [Data Quality and Choosing a Translator] dstillman
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 ==== Data Quality and Choosing a Translator ====
-The quality of the data Zotero imports is determined by the information supplied on the webpage. Some websites provide very high-quality data using a standard way to provide Zotero with data (via embedded metadata). Other websites provide only limited metadata (e.g., only the title of a blog post) or no metadata at all. For many sites, Zotero has website-specific "translators" to obtain the best quality metadata. Zotero recognizes almost all library catalogs, most news sites, research databases and scientific publishers. (For more information, see our [[translators|compatible websites list]].) By default, translator updates are automatically installed, independent of Zotero updates. Metadata for the same item may vary in quality across sites providing it. For example, importing an item from the publisher website will generally yield much better data than importing from Google Scholar.
+The quality of the data Zotero imports is determined by the information supplied on the webpage. Some websites include high-quality data for tools like Zotero in the page itself ("embedded metadata"). Other websites provide only limited metadata (e.g., only the title of a blog post) or no metadata at all. For many sites, Zotero has website-specific "translators" to obtain the best quality metadata. Zotero recognizes almost all library catalogs, most news sites, research databases, and scientific publishers. (For more information, see our [[translators|compatible websites list]].) Metadata for the same item may vary in quality across sites providing it. For example, importing an item from the publisher's website will generally yield much better data than importing from Google Scholar.
-Zotero will generally choose the best translator available for each site automatically. You can choose an alternative translator by right-clicking on the Zotero save button (or the page background in Safari) and choosing one of the supplied options. If a website isn't importing properly, please report it on the [[/forum|Zotero Forums]] and provide the webpage URL.
+Zotero will generally choose the best translator available for each site automatically. You can choose an alternative translator by right-clicking on the Zotero save button (or the page background in Safari) and choosing one of the available options. If a website isn't importing properly, please report it on the [[/forum|Zotero Forums]] and provide the webpage URL.
 ===== Add Item by Identifier =====
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 You should be aware of these issues and verify that the items in your library are accurate and in the correct format so that Zotero can produce well-formed citations. One of the primary benefits of using a reference manager is that, once you've corrected item data once, your citations will always be correct going forward, in any citation style, no matter how many times you cite them.
+If you do consistently receive incorrect information from a particular source, you should report it — with an example URL or identifier — in the [[/forum|Zotero Forums]], as Zotero developers may be able to update Zotero to automatically correct the incorrect data.