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Iowa State University

Zotero: Bibliographic Management Software

H. Stephen McMinn

Zotero

Reference Database Helps gather, store, and organize

references/citations Bibliographic Management - Works in parallel

with MS Word to: Generate a bibliography in the correct style following the

'instructions to authors' you need to successfully submit your articles

Use the database to link to references in word-processed documents

Capture Websites

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Zotero vs. EndNote Web

Main Differences Web vs. PC based (Browser Based – FireFox) Screen/Site Capture PDF Capture/Integration Limited Output Styles

Similarities Free Works with Word

Why?????

Save Time & Be Better Organized!

ExampleUsing Zotero and Microsoft Word to

Create Bibliography

Live Demo!

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The Zotero Process

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Web Sites Manual Input

Bibliographies

INPUT

OUTPUT

Databases

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Outline

Getting Started Installing Software Creating Account Basic Features

Getting Info In –Methods Capture Tool Manual Creation of Records Manual Importing

Getting References Out

Installing FireFox – Add On

Go to Website – www.zotero.com Drag and Drop Need to Restart FireFox

Create Account to Sync and Share Same Site Register link upper RHS of page E-mail address needed

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Hands-On!

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Installing FireFox – Add On

Go to Website – www.zotero.com Drag and Drop Need to Restart FireFox

Create Account to Sync and Share Same Site Register link upper RHS of page E-mail address needed

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Populating Libraries – Getting it in! Capture Tool – The Way to GO! Create New Item from Current Page

For pages where capture doesn’t work Other Methods – Not Covered

New Item (Manual creation) Import (RIS, BibTex, etc.) Import from Clipboard

Examples

Web of Science New York Times CDC Food Safety Office

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Live Demo & Hands On!

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Examples

New York Times www.nytimes.com

Web of Science Lib Home Page – www.lib.iastate.edu Indexes and Abstracts under Collections

CDC Food Safety Office LibGuide – FSHN 581 Lib Home Page – Classes and Tours Instruction LibGuides

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Zotero- Structure

My Library & Collections – Methods to Group References

Getting References in (1) Capture (2) New or Create (manual) (3) Importing

Organize – Tags, Notes, and Duplicates Format – Getting information out –

Toolbar Installation Options – Setup Information

Live Demo!

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Format - Getting Information Out Bibliography – Manually created Static

Bibliographies/Reading Lists (text, rich text, and html formats)

CWYW (Cite While You Write) Plug-In – Information & Downloads CWYW – Integrates with MS Word to Import

Citations and Automatically Format Bibliography Format Paper – Manual Formatting Export References – Backup/Saving

Zotero and Word Processors

Need to Install Software Plug – In for Word processors @

http://www.zotero.org/support/word_processor_plugin_installation

Be Sure to Install the one for the version you are using, 2.0 Beta or 1.0

Launch Word – Tools are in Add-Ins Tab

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Hands-On!

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Zotero and Word Processors

Need to Install Software Plug – In for Word processors @

http://www.zotero.org/support/word_processor_plugin_installation

Be Sure to Install the one for the version you are using, 2.0 Beta or 1.0

Launch Word – Tools are in Add-Ins Tab

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Hands-On!

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Basic CWYW Steps

1. Open your Word document. Place cursor where the citation needs to be inserted.

2. Click on the Insert Zotero Citation icon, the list of Zotero references appears

3. Select References – 2 Types (1) single references and (2) multiple references

Basic CWYW Steps

For Single References - click on the desired Citation, then click OK

For Multiple References – Click on the Multiple Sources button – use arrows to select the references, then click OK

4. When Finished – only when finished!!!!

Move Curser to End of Document and Click on the Zotero Insert Bibliography icon

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Help & Evaluation/Survey

Zotero Web LibGuide http://instr.iastate.libguides.com/zotero

Blog -- Citation Help for ISU and Beyond http://citehelp.blogspot.com/

MeH. Stephen McMinn

Phone: (515) 294-4789

E-Mail: hsmcminn@iastate.edu