Unfortunately I can't find quite a solution, hence this post.
I need to print a separate "References" section for software used in the article. This software obviously isn't cited anywhere in the text.
I am using TexShop, biber as a backend connected to Zotero with better-bibtex. The software (for example RStudio) can be either in my Zotero library or in a separate bib-file.
In the first bibliography, only software should be printed (for example with category={software}); in the second bibliography any works cited in the text should be printed.
I did not quite manage to do this yet, so I am happy for some help. Thank you!
Text from my preamble, indicating what I am working with:
\usepackage[
style=chicago-authordate,
backref=false,
hyperref=true,
backend=biber
]
{biblatex}
\renewcommand{\postnotedelim}{\addcolon\space}
%replace the comma with a colon
\usepackage{bibentry}
\addbibresource[location=remote]{http://localhost:23119/better-bibtex/library?/1/library.biblatex}
%Dynamic pull request with zotero; this is the link to the whole library
\usepackage{filecontents}
\begin{filecontents}{files/software.biblatex}
@Manual{,
title = {RStudio: Integrated Development Environment for R, v1.1.463},
author = {{RStudio Team}},
organization = {RStudio, Inc.},
address = {Boston, MA},
year = {2016},
url = {http://www.rstudio.com/},
keywords = {software},
category = {software},
}
\end{filecontents}
\addbibresource{files/software.biblatex}
Then, I should print two bibliographies:
\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{Data Sources}\label{DataSources}
\printbibliography[category=software]
\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{References}
\printbibliography
EDIT: I tried to strip everything that is not need to get to a minimal working example, using two sources, where one should be listed in the reference section, the other should be listed in the data sources section.
%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
% INSTRUCTIONS FOR ARARA
% arara: lualatex
% arara: biber
% arara: lualatex
%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\title{MWE}
%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
% OPTIONS FOR BIBER
\usepackage[
style=chicago-authordate,
backref=false,
hyperref=true,
backend=biber
]
{biblatex}
\usepackage{filecontents}
\begin{filecontents}{sources.bib}
@software{rstudio,
title = {RStudio: Integrated Development Environment for R},
author = {{RStudio Team}},
organization = {RStudio, Inc.},
address = {Boston, MA},
year = {2016},
url = {http://www.rstudio.com/},
version = {1.1.463},
keyword = {software},
}
@article{ullmann2010bit,
title={Bit-vector algorithms for binary constraint satisfaction and subgraph isomorphism},
author={Ullmann, Julian R},
journal={Journal of Experimental Algorithmics (JEA)},
volume={15},
pages={1--6},
year={2010},
publisher={ACM},
}
\end{filecontents}
\usepackage{bibentry}
\addbibresource{sources.bib}
\begin{document}
This is a reference that should show up in the Reference section: \parencite[5]{ullmann2010bit}\\
I used RStudio; details can be found in the Data Sources section.
\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{Data Sources}
\printbibliography[keyword={software},title={Data Sources}]
\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{References}
\printbibliography[notkeyword={software}]
\end{document}
EDIT2: I could also try to solve the problem by generating a bibliography in the desired format in Zotero (output as RTF or HTML) and then embed the HTML or RTF file in the desired section, where my software should show up (it is only going to be a handful or data sources, so exporting them manually from Zotero is feasible). I am using the LuaLaTex engine, if that helps with this (due to 'fontspec').

\printbibliography[keyword=software]instead of\printbibliography[category=software].keywordsare set in the.bibfile,categorys in the TeX file and I can't see any code for the category in the TeX file. Thecategory = {software},in the.bibfile will be ignored. – moewe Dec 19 '18 at 14:29@Manual{,won't work, you need something like@Manual{rstudio,In case you don't want to cite the manual, but rather the (abstract) software itself, you can use the entry type@softwareinstead. – moewe Dec 19 '18 at 14:36