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)

Zotero home page http://www.zotero.org/

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/