Zotero
What is it? | Where can I get it? | Tutorials | Resources
Zotero is a free, online citation management software. If you are familiar RefWorks or EndNote, Zotero functions very similarly. Zotero allows you to collect, organize and manage your citations. This includes the ability to make notes, link sources to other, related sources, annotate and export sources. Zotero will also take care of most of the dirty work when making reference pages or works cited.
For more details, see Langsdale's Zotero Guide (.pdf). You may also want to take a look at the Quick Start Guide (.pdf) from the folks at Zotero.
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Where can I get it?
First, you'll need Firefox ( http://firefox.com ) and then you can download Zotero ( http://zotero.org ). Zotero is ONLY compatible with the Firefox browser and will not work with Internet Explorer.
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Tutorials
Zotero Introduction
Using Zotero with Microsoft Word
Tour of Zotero
http://www.zotero.org/videos/tour/zotero_tour.htm
Zotero Tutorials
http://www.zotero.org/documentation/screencast_tutorials
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Resources
http://firefox.com
Get Firefox. Firefox can be installed on a Mac or PC. Firefox is already installed on many of the computers on campus.
http://zotero.org
Download Zotero (a Firefox extension). This is also your best source for information about Zotero.
http://www.zotero.org/support/word_processor_integration Download a Word Processor Plugin to make Zotero compatable with Microsoft Word or other word processing software
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7041.pdf
“Seven Things You Should Know about Zotero” from Educause. This is a helpful introduction to Zotero.
http://www.imls.gov/profiles/Sept07.shtm
A profile of Zotero from the Institute of Museum and Library Studies. IMLS is of the organizations that funded Zotero at its inception.
http://symposium.tlt.psu.edu/files/symposium/Zotero_Endnote_0.mp3 Listen to a podcast from Penn State's Symposium for Teaching and Learning with Technology from 2008. The podcast details similarities and differences between EndNote and Zotero.
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10/08 CJ; revised 08/09 CJ