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KOICHI INOUESUBJECT LIBRARIAN
(HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES)
Zotero for Firefox
This tutorial covers…
How to set up Zotero
How to download bibliographic info of books and journal articles
How to create/edit in-text citations and bibliographies
Reference management software
Comparison of Software http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_reference_management_softwareZotero is a production of
the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University.
It is also funded by the United States Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
What does Zotero do?
Manages referencesAllows you to access your library from any
computer Downloads bibliographic data from web
pagesCreates in-text
citations/footnotes/bibliographies in a referencing style you choose
More info at http://www.zotero.org/support/
Firefox download
The current version of Zotero for Firefox (version 4) requires Firefox 17 or later
Victoria ITS does not support Mozilla Firefox (though it supports Frontmotion Firefox version 3.5)
Go to www.mozilla.com (US-English version recommended, especially for MLA)
Create your account
My Library
Download Zotero to your computer
Downloads
2-minute challenge
Download Zotero for Firefox.
Create your account if you don’t have one.
Zotero icon
Zotero pane
Adjusting the height of the pane
Toggle tab mode
Left column
Creating new folders
Creating sub-folders
Centre column
Right column
How Zotero works
Syncing Zotero libraries
Open preferences
Sync in preferences
1-minute challenge
Create a folder and a sub-folder
Downloading bib info (books)
Book icon
Automatic download
Multiple download
Tick the items you want
What if I don’t see an icon.
ISBN search button
ISBN search box
Still not working?
Search for the book title in WorldCat, GoogleBooks or Amazon.
Manual addition
Book chapter template
2-minute challenge
Download bib info of 3 books into the folder you created.
Downloading bib info (journal articles)
Document icon
What if I don’t see the document icon?
Export directly to Endnote
RIS/Refer files import
Still not working
Search for the article title in GoogleScholar or WorldCat.
3-minute challenge
Download bib info of 2 journal articles into your folder.
Duplicate detection
Merge duplicates
Creating a bibliography
Create bib window
Bibliography
3-minute challenge
Create a bibliography citing the references you’ve just downloaded in your preferred style and paste it in an email message.
Microsoft Word Plugin
Microsoft Word Plugin
Microsoft Word Plugin
Zotero buttons in Word tool bar
Zotero shortcuts in Word for Mac 2008/2011
1-minute challenge
Download the word plugin.
In-text citation
In-text citation button
Select a citation style
Type the author’s name, the title, etc. and select the item you want to cite from the list
Click to add a page number
Automatic in-text citation
Editing in-text citation
Edit-in-text citation button
Change the page#/Add another source
Classic option
Add/Edit citation window
Editor view
Keep adding in-text citations
Create a bibliography button
Creating a bibliography
Editing bibliography
Edit bibliography button
Edit bibliography window
Changing the style of the whole document
Doc Preferences view
5-minute challenge
Open a new Word document. Create 3 in-text citations/footnotes in your preferred style.
Create the bibliography at the end of the document.
Zotero support
Citation Style Repository
Adding a citation style from the repository
Zotero forums
Have fun with Zotero
Thank you for your attention.
For further information, view Zotero’s support page @ http://www.zotero.org/support/