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Materials in about::power have types. The more conventional types follow the types list of Zotero (see below for details). This list is extended with some more conceptual types that make sense within the conceptual frame of about::power. The grouping of the types is custom too.
Longer Description or Text-Content
Type Groupings
The Grouping of types is:Dataset - dataset
Interactive - containing: service, software, webpage
Location: containing: artwork, physical_object, building, place | These categories are for references to real world places and things, where it matters, that the reference is to the thing itself and not to a digital representation of the thing.
Model: containing: figure, gap, map, method, silence
Printabel: All types of two-dimensional or nearly two-dimensional artefacts and formatted documents.
Text: Text with no formatting or light formatting only.
Timebased: Al timebased Media
Zotero Item Types can be imported. Please be aware, that Type Names consisting of more than one word maz have to be converted from camelCase to under_score format. This can be done with a regular expression like:
find: ([A-Z])
replace: _\L
The supported List of Zotero types is:
Item Types
Item types in Zotero should be regarded as flexible, broad categories. Item types are generally determined based on how items should be cited. See descriptions of Zotero’s item types below. If you are citing an unusual item type that does not perfectly fit one of the supported categories, choose an item type that is reasonably close with an adequate selection of fields (e.g., Book, Report, or Manuscript can be made to fit most unusual item types well).
You can store more specific information about the type of item (e.g., a novel versus a biography book) in the Type, Format, or Extra fields or using tags.
| Item Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Artwork | A piece of artwork (e.g., an oil painting, photograph, or sculpture). Also use this item type for other types of images or visual items (e.g., scientific figures). |
| Audio Recording | Any form of audio recording, including music, spoken word, sound effects, archival recordings, or audio-based scientific figures. |
| Bill | A proposed piece of legislation. |
| Blog Post | An article or entry posted to a personal blog website. For online articles published as part of a larger online publication (e.g., NYT Blogs), using Magazine Article or Newspaper Article generally yields better results. |
| Book | A book or similar published item. For government documents, technical reports, manuals, etc., use Report instead. This item type can also be adapted to fit many types of unusual items. |
| Book Section | A section of a book. Usually chapters, but also forewords, prefaces, introductions, appendices, afterwords, comments, etc. |
| Case | A legal case, either published or unpublished. |
| Conference Paper | A paper presented at a conference and subsequently published in a formal conference proceedings publication (e.g., as a book, report, or issue of a journal). For conference papers that have not been published in a proceedings, use Presentation. |
| Dictionary Entry | An entry published as part of a dictionary. |
| Document | A generic document item. This item type has a poor selection of fields and poor support in citation styles, so it should generally be avoided. |
| A message sent via email. This type could also be used for other forms of personal communication. | |
| Encyclopedia Article | An article or chapter published as part of an encyclopedia. |
| Film | A film or motion picture. Generally, use this type for artistically-oriented films (including fictional, non-fictional, and documentary films). For other types of video items, use Video Recording. |
| Forum Post | A post on an online discussion forum. Also use this type for items such as Facebook posts or tweets. |
| Hearing | A formal hearing or meeting report by a legislative body. |
| Instant Message | A message sent via an instant message or chat service. This type could also be used for other forms of personal communication. |
| Interview | An interview with a person, including recordings, transcripts, or other records of the interview. |
| Journal Article | An article published in a scholarly journal (either print or online). |
| Letter | A letter sent between persons or organizations. This type could also be used for other forms of personal communication. |
| Magazine Article | An article published in a non-scholarly, popular, or trade magazine (either print or online). |
| Manuscript | An unpublished manuscript. Use this type for both historical documents and modern unpublished work (e.g., unpublished manuscripts, manuscripts submitted for publication, working papers that are not widely available). Can also be used for other forms of historical or archival documents. This item type can also be adapted to fit many types of unusual items. |
| Map | A map. Also use this type for geographic models. |
| Newspaper Article | An article published in a newspaper (either print or online). |
| Patent | A patent awarded for an invention. |
| Podcast | A podcast (an episode of an audio or video program distributed online, often via subscription). |
| Presentation | A presentation made as part of a conference, meeting, symposium, lecture, etc. This item type refers to the presentation itself, not a written version published as part of a conference proceedings (use Conference Paper for such published versions). |
| Radio Broadcast | An audio broadcast, such as a radio news show, an episode of a radio entertainment series, or similar. Includes broadcasts from online radio stations and audio broadcasts archived online (cf. Podcast). |
| Report | A report published by an organization, institution, government department, or similar entity. Also used for working papers and preprints distributed through institutional repositories or preprint servers. This item type can also be adapted to fit many types of unusual items. |
| Software | A piece of software, an app, or another computer program. |
| Statute | A law or other piece of enacted legislation. |
| Thesis | A thesis submitted as part of a student applying for a degree (either published or unpublished). |
| TV Broadcast | An episode of a television series. |
| Video Recording | A video recording. Use this type for general video items that do not fit into one of the more specific video item types (e.g., Film, TV Broadcast), such as YouTube videos or video-based scientific figures. |
| Webpage | An online page of a website. When possible, use one of the more specific item types above (e.g., Magazine Article, Blog Post, Report). |
| Attachment | A standalone attachment file (e.g., a PDF, JPEG, DOCX, PPTX, XLSX, or ODT file). Standalone attachment files have limited functionality in Zotero (e.g., they cannot be properly searched or cited). Always attach files to proper Zotero items. |
| Note | A standalone note. Notes can be used for organizing and annotating in Zotero. If you cite a standalone note, Zotero will use the first 120 characters as the item title (and will treat the note as an author-less and date-less item). Citing notes is not a reliable way to add standalone commentary to a bibliography or reference list. |