Zotero is an open source bibliographic software that is used widely in the scientific and humanities community for writing research papers, reports ,documenting of research articles. I made this slides for students and faculty to publish research articles with ease. Suggestions are welcome to my email at gattirathish@gmail.com

1. WRITING RESEARCH PAPERS MADE EASY
USING
Prof.Dr.Rathishchandra R Gatti
|Professor Mech.Engg| Independent Design Consultant|
|gattirathish@gmail.com|
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2. TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. WHAT IS THIS ZOTERO?
2. DOWNLOADING & INSTALLING ZOTERO
3. STRATEGY FOR WRITING YOUR PAPER
4. HOW TO DOWNLOAD CITATIONS
5. HOW TO STORE CITATIONS TO YOUR ZOTERO LIBRARY
6. HOW TO CREATE YOUR OWN CITABLE REFERENCES
7. HOW TO ADD REFERENCES IN YOUR PAPER
8. Q&A SESSION
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3. 1. WHAT IS THIS ZOTERO?
It is an OPENSOURCE BIBLIOGRAPHIC SOFTWARE –
used for
• Downloading & Storing references.
• Creating new references.
• Adding references/citations to your paper in MS word or
LaTex.
• Collaboratively write papers using cloud data storage.
• Very easy to use.
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4. 2. DOWNLOADING & INSTALLING ZOTERO
DOWNLOADING ZOTERO : https://www.zotero.org/download/
For this workshop,
Download
“Zotero standalone”
Optional :You can also
download “Zotero for
firefox” if you have
firefox browser.
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5. 2. DOWNLOADING & INSTALLING ZOTERO
INSTALLING ZOTERO
1. Install it the normal way – pressing next,next,next..
2. Make sure you have closed all your active MS office
files such as word, power point etc before
installation.
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6. 3. STRATEGY FOR WRITING YOUR PAPER
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7. 4. HOW TO DOWNLOAD CITATIONS
1. Keep your ZOTERO open. Create a new library.
2. Name your library something like “my_research_paper_title”.
3. Go to Google Scholar
4. Type Your Keywords –Use Boolean Operators AND,OR,NOT.
5. Click “Cite” link of the chosen paper.
6. Click “ZOTERO ”Link In The Cite window.
7. 7. A .enw or .ris file gets downloaded. Double click that file. It opens
automatically in the my_research _paper_title.enl file.
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8. 4. HOW TO DOWNLOAD CITATIONS
CLICK “CITE”
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9. 4. HOW TO DOWNLOAD CITATIONS
CLICK “RefMan”
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The .RIS format file gets
downloaded.
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10. 4. HOW TO DOWNLOAD CITATIONS
Just say OK.
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This can happen only if
your Zotero app is already
open and active.Uncheck this so that you can
download to correct location.
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11. 4. HOW TO DOWNLOAD CITATIONS
All citations will be
automatically be added to
the zotero library
collection.
Just drag the citations to
the respective groups
Collections and
Sub-collections
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12. 5. HOW TO STORE CITATIONS TO YOUR ZOTERO LIBRARY
Paper : Review of applications of
energy harvesting for autonomous
wireless sensor nodes
Abstract
1_INTRODUCTION.
2_ENERGY HARVESTER AND ITS NEED IN WSNS.
3_ENERGY HARVESTER DESIGN PROTOCOL.
4_TYPES OF ENERGY HARVESTERS.
5_APPLICATIONS OF ENERGY HARVESTERS.
Conclusions.
Bibliography.
Example to show how to store
references in Zotero
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13. 6. HOW TO CREATE YOUR OWN CITABLE REFERENCES
You can write
your research
notes and save it
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14. 6. HOW TO CREATE YOUR OWN CITABLE REFERENCES
You can create
your own
references
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Add details for
your new
reference
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15. 7. HOW TO ADD REFERENCES TO YOUR PAPER
Click where you want to
insert citations in the
paper
Then click “Add/Edit
Citation” button
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16. 7. HOW TO ADD REFERENCES TO YOUR PAPER
Click the required
reference style and say
“OK” button
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17. 7. HOW TO ADD REFERENCES TO YOUR PAPER
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18. ANY
QUESTIONS ?
My Email
gattirathish@gmail.com
or
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19. THANK YOU
HAVE A GR8
DAY
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