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.

zotero’s 3-column layout

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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

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http://www.amazon.com/Advanced-Search-Books/b/ref=sv_b_0?ie=UTF8&node=241582011

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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Manually add a citation

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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!