Zotero (pronounced zoh-TAIR-oh) is a free tool to help you collect, manage, cite, and share your bibliographic information. You can think of it as a personal digital library, and its intuitive interface makes it easy to use. If you’re handling more than a few dozen citations in your research project, Zotero will make life much easier for you.
This ebook is for anyone who is handling a large number of references and needs a better way of managing them, e.g. authors, PhD students, and researchers. I introduce Zotero's main features, offering many examples of the ways in which it can help you manage your work.
No detailed technical knowledge is required, and you are guided through all the stages with clear instructions and screenshots.
You'll also get a 50% discount on my online video-based Zotero course.
1. Introduction
What is Zotero?
Who is behind it?
Why Zotero?
What this ebook covers
Who this ebook is for
Assumptions
How to use this book
2. How to get Zotero
Downloading Zotero
Firefox plugin
3.Getting started
4. Adding stuff to Zotero
Automatic capture
Adding multiple items
Add by Identifier
Manual entry
Importing PDFs
Duplicate Items
Adding webpages
Importing from EndNote
5. Getting organised
Collections
Tags
Automatic tags
Assigning colour to tags
Related items
Notes
Creating notes from webpages
Saving web links
Saving files
How to link to a Dropbox file from Zotero
6. Searching your Zotero library
Sorting
Basic searching
Advanced searching
Saved searches
Full-text PDF searching
7. Using Zotero with Word
Installing the Word plugin
Inserting citations
Creating bibliographies
8. Adding styles
Installing styles
Using styles
9. Backups & syncing
10. Customizing Zotero
General preferences
Shortcuts
11. Collaboration & sharing
12. Zotero website
13. Mobile devices & apps
Zotero Scanner
Papership
BrowZine
Zotfile
14. Storage
15. Advanced features
Library Lookup
RTF Scan
Zotero and Scrivener
Zotero and Google Docs
16. Next Steps
17. Conclusion
Dr Catherine Pope recently gained her PhD from the University of Sussex, mainly thanks to Zotero, Scrivener, and Evernote. She now runs workshops and develops e-learning resources for researchers. Find out more at www.theDigitalResearcher.com.
This ebook is for anyone who is handling a large number of references and needs a better way of managing them, e.g. authors, PhD students, and researchers. I introduce Zotero's main features, offering many examples of the ways in which it can help you manage your work.
No detailed technical knowledge is required, and you are guided through all the stages with clear instructions and screenshots.
You'll also get a 50% discount on my online video-based Zotero course.
CONTENTS
1. Introduction
What is Zotero?
Who is behind it?
Why Zotero?
What this ebook covers
Who this ebook is for
Assumptions
How to use this book
2. How to get Zotero
Downloading Zotero
Firefox plugin
3.Getting started
4. Adding stuff to Zotero
Automatic capture
Adding multiple items
Add by Identifier
Manual entry
Importing PDFs
Duplicate Items
Adding webpages
Importing from EndNote
5. Getting organised
Collections
Tags
Automatic tags
Assigning colour to tags
Related items
Notes
Creating notes from webpages
Saving web links
Saving files
How to link to a Dropbox file from Zotero
6. Searching your Zotero library
Sorting
Basic searching
Advanced searching
Saved searches
Full-text PDF searching
7. Using Zotero with Word
Installing the Word plugin
Inserting citations
Creating bibliographies
8. Adding styles
Installing styles
Using styles
9. Backups & syncing
10. Customizing Zotero
General preferences
Shortcuts
11. Collaboration & sharing
12. Zotero website
13. Mobile devices & apps
Zotero Scanner
Papership
BrowZine
Zotfile
14. Storage
15. Advanced features
Library Lookup
RTF Scan
Zotero and Scrivener
Zotero and Google Docs
16. Next Steps
17. Conclusion
Dr Catherine Pope recently gained her PhD from the University of Sussex, mainly thanks to Zotero, Scrivener, and Evernote. She now runs workshops and develops e-learning resources for researchers. Find out more at www.theDigitalResearcher.com.
