Reference Management using Zotero by V. Sriram in Online Course on Research and Publication Ethics. Organized by St. Thomas College (Autonomous), Thrissur. India. 13th August 2020.

1. Reference Management using Zotero
V. Sriram
Chief Librarian
Centre for Development Studies
Thiruvananthapuram, India
E-mail: vsrirams@gmail.com
Online Course on Research and Publication Ethics
St. Thomas College (Autonomous)
Thrissur. India.
13th August 2020.

2. Managing Literature and References
Systematic gathering of sources:
 Using proper tools to gather literature – Google
Scholar, Journal Databases, …
 Creating bibliographic records, summary, notes,
comments, and making it error free
 Organizing by topic, subject, research area…
 Linking the soft copy full text for easy retrieval
 Assigning a unique primary-key for print items.

3. Reference management software
Need:
 Enhance the presentation
 Good practice to give due credit
 Avoid plagiarism
Benefits:
 search easily for a particular reference to which
you need to refer back
 print or save lists of references
 insert citations into your document and
automatically produce a bibliography in whatever
style you require

4. Zotero
 Free – Open Source
 Platform independent
 Works Offline and Online
 Over 9809 referencing styles
www.zotero.org
 Over 9809 referencing styles
 Data Sharing
 26 fields
 34 Types of Sources
 Linking full text / pdf
 Integration with MS-Office / Open Office

5. Zotero - Installation

6. Zotero - Installation

8. Open Zotero
 Zotero Desktop Icon
 Works Offline and Online

9. Collecting References

10. Collecting References

11. Adding items

12. Organizing items

13. Drag & Drop Items

14. Items metadata

15. Notes

16. Notes

17. Tags

18. Tags

19. Attachments

20. Searching Items

21. Zotero – Word Add - in

22. Insert Citation

23. Insert Bibliography

24. Create Zotero Account

25. Zotero Login

26. Synchronize

27. Settings

28. Backup

29. Conclusion
 Organizes your research materials
 Long term storage
 Reduces data entry and formatting
 Helps to develop your research Helps to develop your research

30. Thank you!
V. Sriram
Email: vsrirams@gmail.com