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Zer0 in with zotero
Bibliographic Management Software
Sue NelsonSnowden LibraryOctober 31, 2007SLC Workshop
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What is zotero?
• Open source software that runs in your browser.
• You create your own personal database of sources as you browse online catalogs, databases, and Web sites.
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How does zotero do this?• zotero can “sense” items on currently
viewed Web pages of supported sites:–Books , journal articles ,
Web sites , audio files , etc.
–Folder lets you select items you want from your results lists.
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What can you do with your zotero
database?–Organize information in files.–Highlight and annotate documents.–Cross reference and tag related
materials.– Insert citations & create bibliographies
in Word documents.–Export/import citations to/from other
citation management software.
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Who made and supports zotero?
• Developed by the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University
• Funded by the:– United States Institute of Museum and
Library Services,– Andrew W. Mellon Foundation– Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
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Getting started• One of these browsers must be used:
–Firefox 2.0 or higher–Netscape 9.0–Flock 0.9.1
• Download Zotero from:http://www.zotero.org/
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*Firefox Portable
• Firefox Portable make it possible to access your files from any computer.
• Download it from:
http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox_portable site.
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To enter citations into zotero :
1. Manually add a citation2. Import citations automatically
from supported online sources:– Web sites– Online catalogs– Databases
• single items• multiple items
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Some Catalogs that Support zotero
• Library of Congress• WorldCat &WorldCat.org• PILOT (Lock Haven, Bloomsburg,
Mansfield Universities)• SirsiDynix (James V. Brown,
Bucknell(?), Pennsylvania College of Technology, Susquehanna University)
• Athena
Some Databases that Support zotero
• ABC-CLIO • ABI-Inform through ProQuest • Academic Search Premier through
EBSCO• American Chemical Society (ACS)
Publications• Cambridge Scientific Abstracts• EBSCOhost• InfoTrac• JSTOR• LexisNexis• Medline• PubMed• ScienceDirect
Importing citations from databases & catalogs
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• Amazon.com• Chronicle of Higher Education• The Economist• Google Books• Google Scholar• HighWire Press• New York Times• Science
Some Web Sites that Support zotero
Create a citation and archive a copy of a Web page
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Creating Citations and a Bibliography
in a Word Document• Download zotero’s Microsoft Word plug-
in :http://www.zotero.org/documentation/microsoft_word_integration• A new row of icons for creating will be
added to your Microsoft toolbar.***Important note:Icons you need will appear in the Add-Ins tab if you are using Word 2007!
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Searching your citation database
• Quick search*not case sensitive
• Tag search• *make sure Show Automatic and
Display All Tags are selected • Advanced search
Export: zotero Refworks
Export Library
Select sources
A text file is created.
Export: zotero Refworks
Import the text file to Refworks.
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Applications for zotero
• “Capture” and annotate Web pages.• Cite references and create
bibliographies in Word documents.• Make a staff zotero database on your
network for selected sources.• Use with Google Books and Google
Scholar to drag formatted references into Google Docs.
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Thanks so much for your attention!
Visit http://www.zotero.org/
for “how to” information, fantastic tutorials and support!