# Zotero + DevonThink - i thought i was gonna be clever but i think it's not possible

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**Created:** [May 2, 2022, 11:25pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/zotero-devonthink-i-thought-i-was-gonna-be-clever-but-i-think-its-not-possible/70838 "2022-05-02T23:25:16Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 3, 2022, 7:15am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/zotero-devonthink-i-thought-i-was-gonna-be-clever-but-i-think-its-not-possible/70838/12 "2022-05-03T07:15:14Z")

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> [@MichiganUser](#):
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> Zotero’s killer feature (at last competitively) is the ability to look up all manner of bibliographic information and attach it to every file in your research library.

The smart rule script _Download Bibliographic Metadata_ is actually able to download & set certain metadata for documents having a digital object identifier (DOI).

Additional useful scripts can be found right here, e.g.

> [@GoogleBooks Metadata Download](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/googlebooks-metadata-download/68430):
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> A script to download GoogleBooks metadata based on GoogleBook ID, ISBN, or record’s name. Inspired by the “Download DOI Metadata” script. Tuned for my setup, of course. It generates a tag per author, for example.

> [@Script to look up PDF document metadata on crossref.org](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/script-to-look-up-pdf-document-metadata-on-crossref-org/66772):
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> I hate AppleScript. Really hate it. But I love Devonthink, and had an itch to scratch. This is somewhat similar to other scripts that do bibliographic lookups, but it uses [crossref.org](http://crossref.org). Feedback, etc. welcome.

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