Zer0 Zer0 in with with zotero Bibliographic Management Software Sue Nelson Snowden Library October 31, 2007 SLC Workshop

zotero 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. 2

zotero 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. 3

zotero database 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. 4

zotero Who made and supports zotero? Center for History and New MediaDeveloped by the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University Funded by the: –United States Institute of Museum and Library Services –United States Institute of Museum and Library Services, –Andrew W. Mellon Foundation –Alfred P. Sloan Foundation –Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. 5

Getting started One of these browsers must be used: –Firefox 2.0 or higher –Netscape 9.0 –Flock Download Zotero from: 6

*Firefox Portable Firefox PortableFirefox Portable make it possible to access your files from any computer. Download it from: efox_portable site. 7

zotero zotero’s 3-column layout 8

zotero To enter citations into zotero : 1.Manually add a citation supported online sources 2.Import citations automatically from supported online sources: –Web sites –Online catalogs –Databases single items multiple items 9

zotero 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 10

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zotero 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 13

Importing citations from databases & catalogs 14

Amazon.com Chronicle of Higher Education The Economist Google Books Google Scholar HighWire Press New York Times Science 15 zotero Some Web Sites that Support zotero

Create a citation and archive a copy of a Web page 16

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Manually add a citation 18

Creating Citations and a Bibliography in a Word Document zotero’sDownload zotero’s Microsoft Word plug-in : t_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! 19

Searching your citation database Quick search *not case sensitive Tag search *make sure Show Automatic and Display All Tags are selected Advanced search 20

zotero  Export: zotero  Refworks Export Library Select sources A text file is created.

22 zotero  Export: zotero  Refworks Import the text file to Refworks.

zotero Applications for zotero “Capture” and annotate Web pages. Cite references and create bibliographies in Word documents. zoteroMake a staff zotero database on your network for selected sources. Use with Google Books and Google Scholar to drag formatted references into Google Docs. 23

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