Zotero is the free easy to use reference management tool that I recommend to students and researchers at the The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Schools of Architecture, Design and Conservation
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Zotero præsentation
1. Agenda
• What is Zotero?
• How does Zotero work?
• Adding posts to Zotero
• www.zotero.org – installation and register
• Managing your library
• Zotero – extra features
• Zotero and word/open office
2. What is it?
• Firefox add-ons
• Standalone
• Developed by Center for History and New
Media, George Mason University
• Zotero [zoh-TAIR-oh] is a free, easy-to-use
tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and
share your research sources.
5. Adding posts
Next to the URL you will find an icon if
Zotero is recognizing the type of material.
6. Import
The yellow folder means that Zotero is recognizing
several different posts at the webpage
Click on the yellow folder
and this window appears.
Choose the posts you would
like to import to your library.
7. Icons
There are three other icons which can appear at a webpage
Article
Book
Blogpost
9. Manually add a new Item
A new post can be
manually inserted Zotero has a long list
into the collection of different templates
depending on the type
of material that you will
like to add to your
collection.
10. Library
My library - Saved posts The bibliographical
folders In chosen folder post
13. Installation
• First install Firefox
• Go to www. zotero.org
• Click on
• Create an account
• Remember to install
PDF-indexing,
Word plug-in
• Also Sync your
account in preferences.
15. Collection
New New group collection
collection Share collections with
other Zotero users
Personal
collections
Duplicate items
Unfiled items
Trash
16. Menu
Create new item Advanced
Preferences from current page search
New note
New Item New child
attachment
Add item by
identifier
17. Actions
Import or Export bibliographical data
to other software as RefWorks,
Mendeley, EndNote etc.
Preferences and settings to your
personal Zotero account.
Link to Zotero help and
support, will open up in
new window
18. Preferences
Sync and Search
are the ones you should
get set from the start to
get the most out of your
Zotero account.
19. Sync
Fill in your account
information on all
computers you are
using for automatic
Zotero sync.
This will also
enable you to
access your Zotero
Web Account with
fully updated library
20. Search
Installing PDF
indexing enables
Zotero to make
searches in full-text
documents as
articles, reports etc.
This is not activated
by default but has
to be installed by
each user.
21. Other Functions
A new post imported directly from You can add independent notes as well
the current website you are as notes attached to a specific posts.
visiting
You can manually attach
useful information to a post.
22. Search in Zotero
Quick Search,
Searches all fields & tags
by default, but has a few
alternatives as well.
Advanced
search with
more search
options.
It is possible to save a
search, and set it up so
that Zotero creates a
folder with material that
matches your criteria
23. Features
Sync with Zotero server.
Connect and update your account if
you are working on several computers.
Close zotero window.
Zotero is always open
when Firefox is running
Toggle tab mode.
Full screen zotero
View, show and Lookup functions.
Shows the file in different versions or
matches it to defined search engines
and databases.
24. Deleting material
Mark the post and right
click on your mouse to
enter the menu.
You can either delete a
post from a specific
folder, keeping the post
in the library
Or completely delete
the post from the library
25. Word and open office
To be able to use Zotero as a tool in Word or Open office,
a plug-in has to be installed. You can download it and find more information here:
http://www.zotero.org/support/word_processor_plugin_installation_for_zotero_2.1
When installed
correctly, it
should look like
this in the Cite
menu, in
Preferences
26. Word
Set Doc
When the plug-in is Preferences, i.e.
installed, this menu- Citation Style
bar should be visible
Insert
in Word
bibliography
Remove
codes
Insert citation
Refresh
Edit citation
Edit
bibliography
27. Citation style
The first time you choose Insert Citation,
this window appears
Choose the preferred Citation Style for the
document you are working with
Endnotes or Footnotes can also be chosen
You can later on change and try
other styles in the Set doc pref.
28. Quick format citation box
Next time when you chooose insert
citation, the Quick Format Citation
Box will appear
When you start to
type in the box,
Zotero searches
in your library
29. Insert citation
When you have chosen
reference you can click on the
box and insert page numbers.
Then press enter and
the citation will
appear in the text in
the preferred style.
30. Create Bibliography
When you have finished
your document,
Zotero will automatically
generate a Bibliography
in the chosen Citation Style
32. Change Citationstyle
Click on this icon and the
Document Preferences
will open.
You can see the styles
available, and the new styles
that you have added.
When clicking OK your
document update to the new
style.
33. Good Luck!
If you have any questions or problems,
Please contact me:
Daniel Gunnarsson
Mail: daniel.gunnarsson@kadk.dk
Telefon: 3268 6817