Research Paper Management: Zotero

Download Zotero and associated plug-ins using these links:

• Firefox:
  Download Firefox to get started with Zotero

• Zotero:
  Download the Zotero add-on for Firefox

• Zotero Word Processor Integration:
  Download the word processor plug-in to cite Zotero items in your Microsoft Word and/or OpenOffice documents

• Zotero Scholar Citations:
  Download Zotero Scholar Citations to retrieve metadata for your PDFs using Google Scholar

• Standalone Zotero:
  Standalone Zotero does not require Firefox to run and is available for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux. Plugins connect standalone Zotero to the Google Chrome and Safari browsers.

• Readability:
  This free add-on makes sites Zotero-friendly if they aren't already

• Follow Zotero on Twitter
  
  

Zotero can support research projects both large and small in scale from wherever you are working. Since Zotero is web-based and uses your Firefox profile to store your data, it's easy to sync your entire Zotero library to any computer with an Internet connection and Firefox as a browser option. You can use Zotero for collecting snapshots of the web, as you might a bookmark. The nice thing about Zotero is that it's there when you need it and hidden when you don't. With Zotero, citing resources within your work and generating bibliographies are both very easy tasks. You can also easily share your resources and collaborate with other researchers by using Zotero Groups.

Since Zotero works from within your Firefox web broswer, you can use Zotero with any operating system: Windows, Mac, and/or Linux.

Learn more about Zotero by checking out these comprehensive LibGuides:

Zotero Support Documentation:

• Zotero - For Bibliographies
• Advanced Zotero Guide

• Zotero Quick Start Guide
• Get Help with Zotero
• Zotero FAQs
• Compatible Databases
• Citation Styles
• User Forums
• Zotero training course on Moodle (login as Guest)

Zotero Tutorials:

These screencast tutorials provide a nice overview of Zotero, courtesy of zotero.org

• Tour of Zotero
• Quick Bibliographic Demo
• Getting Stuff into Zotero
• Import Resources from RefWorks into Zotero
• Retrieving Metadata from PDFs

• Full list of all Zotero screencast tutorials

Zotero [zoh-TAIR-oh] is a free, open source, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, manage, cite, and share your research sources.  Zotero can be downloaded as a Firefox add-on or a standalone application that plugs into Chrome or Safari. Designed to be intuitive and unobtrusive (it looks a lot like an iTunes library), Zotero is a powerful and handy tool for any academic.

Zotero works on all three major operating systems: PC, Mac, and Linux.

• Zotero Quick Start Guide: The A, B, C's of "Z"

Learn about the features of Zotero 4.0.

Zotero is a production of the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University. It is funded by the United States Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Quickly download the Zotero Firefox Add-on:

• Open Firefox
• Click on Tools > Add-ons > Get Add-ons
• Search for the following:
  • "Zotero" and click the 'Add to Firefox' button or 'Install'
  • "Zotero WinWord Integration" and click the 'Add to Firefox' button or 'Install'
  • "Zotero Scholar Citations" and click the 'Add to Firefox' button or 'Install'
  • "Readability" and click the 'Add to Firefox' button or 'Install'
• Restart Firefox to apply the Add-ons'
• Start collecting sources and get organized by creating collections and tags!

Getting Stuff Into Zotero:

Getting Stuff Into Zotero from zotero on Vimeo.

Manually Adding Items to Zotero:

Manually Adding Items to Zotero from zotero on Vimeo.

Sorting Through Your Zotero Library:

Sorting through your Zotero library from zotero on Vimeo.

Croxall, Brian. "Zotero vs. EndNote." ProfHacker 3 May 2011. Web.

Fitzpatrick, Jason. "How to Clip, Sort, and Cite the Entire Web with Zotero." LifeHacker 3 Feb 2010. Web.

Niemann, Michael. "How to Create Bibliographies with Zotero." MacLife 7 Mar 2011. Web.

Puckett, Jason. "Superpower Your Browser with LibX and Zotero." College & Research Libraries News 71.2 (2010): 70 -97. Print.

Puckett, Jason. Zotero: A Guide for Librarians, Researchers and Educators. Association of College and Research Libraries, 2011. Print.

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