Here are the three files I will show as a basic example:
- FILE1. “bibliography note”
- FILE2. A normal org-roam note (org file)
- FILE3. .bib file (I guess you don’t need a sample, but just for completeness)
FILE1
The relevant section of the user manual has two examples of roam_refs for org-cite. I have just tried the first sample format for a file-level node:
:properties:
:modified: 2022-12-22T123033
:ID: 2022-12-22T122907
:roam_refs: @ackoffDataWisdom1989
:end:
#+title: Ackoff Data to Wisdom
#+filetags: lit
[... my notes on this article continues ...]
FILE2
I then create another note (org file) that has the following in the body:
This is the argument of [cite:@ackoffDataWisdom1989]...
The backlink of FILE1 now shows this paragraph containing the citation. Note FILE2 appears in the “Reflinks” section because of roam_refs.
FILE3
I have one file that has my very small collection of bib entries. The item cited above has this entry in it.
@article{ackoffDataWisdom1989,
title = {From Data to Wisdom},
author = {Ackoff, Russell L},
year = {1989},
journal = {Journal of applied systems analysis},
volume = {16},
number = {1},
pages = {3--9},
file = {/home/nobiot/snap/zotero-snap/common/Zotero/storage/WSH8FAZA/Ackoff - 1989 - From data to wisdom.pdf}
}
Aside
This is beyond showing the basic data I have, but related to what you wish to achieve overall:
If you are not using Helm, and using Vertico, it might be easy to set up Citar. There is some documentation how it might work with Org-roam and/or Org-roam-bibtex.