Tutorials: Setting up Aziz Lite for working with a local library.

This tutorial explains how to setup a local folder in Aziz Lite! Please note that this feature is still experimental. Your feedback will be more than appreciated.

Setting up Aziz,Lite! with a local Papers3 Library:

  • Go to the Labs Tab
  • In the Local Database Panel, click on the "Choose" button
  • Make sure you copied everything inside the folder Library.papers3 on your local storage.
  • Click on Papers3 in the popup window.
  • When asked for permission, allow Aziz,Lite! to access your local folders
  • Navigate to the folder called Library.papers3
  • Go to folder CompressedCheckpoints
  • Select the file Database.papersdb-xxxxx. There should be only one. If not, please contact us.
  • Press Enter. You're all set!! (you may have to wait a little bit before the app restarts)

    Setting up Aziz,Lite! with a local Mendeley Library:

  • Go to the Labs Tab
  • In the Local Database Panel, click on the "Choose" button
  • Make sure you copied everything inside the Mendeley folder on your local storage.
  • For you to be able to access your Pdfs, you will need to have a folder called "Downloaded" inside your Mendeley Desktop folder
  • In Aziz, Lite!, click on Mendeley in the popup window.
  • When asked for permission, allow Aziz,Lite! to access your local folders
  • Navigate to the folder called Mendeley Desktop
  • Select the file your.account@mail.com@www.mendeley.com.sqlite
  • Press Enter. You're all set!!

    Setting up Aziz,Lite! with a local Zotero Library:

  • Go to the Labs Tab
  • In the Local Database Panel, click on the "Choose" button
  • Make sure you copied everything inside the Zotero folder on your local storage.
  • For you to be able to access your Pdfs, you will need to have a folder called storage inside your Zotero folder
  • In Aziz, Lite!, click on Zotero in the popup window.
  • When asked for permission, allow Aziz,Lite! to access your local folders
  • Navigate to the folder called Zotero
  • Select the file zotero.sqlite
  • Press Enter. You're all set!!

  • Tutorials: Setting up Zotero on Mac (or Windows) for Google Drive syncing

    This video describes why and how to transfer the Zotero database and Pdf articles from the Zotero folder inside your favorite Cloud folder (here, Google Drive, for the example).

    Tutorials: Manual Setup of your library's database and folders

    This tutorial describes how to set up manually the library you want to connect to ZotEZ². With ZotEZ², you have the possibility to force the app to go to one specific folder on your Cloud.

    This means that you can have multiple library on one cloud (let's say Dropbox), and still be able to choose which one will be synchronized with ZotEZ²!

    It also means that you can have your database file (.sqlite) in one place, and your library folder in another place!

    Finally, it implies that you can use attachments rather than direct storage folder linking of the PDFs.