
Explore the features of Zotero, including browser integration and online synchronization. Learn to create libraries and cite sources with thousands of citation styles in Word, LibreOffice, and Google Docs.
Explore the Zotero interface, including the libraries panel, resources panel, and metadata panel, and learn how to import citations and view authors and journals. Proceed to download the Zotero connector.
Import items into Zotero by identifier, using doi, pmid, or isbn. Open Zotero, click the add item by identifier icon, paste the identifier, and retrieve metadata for articles and books.
Master manual import in Zotero by selecting an item type, filling the metadata panel with title, authors or inventors, abstracts, and fields like country and patent number, to generate citations.
Learn how Zotero integrates with Microsoft Word to manage in-text citations and bibliographies, using plugins, document preferences, and refresh and unlink functions.
Learn to change citation styles in Zotero using document preferences and manage styles to tailor in-text citations and bibliography for journal requirements.
Create multiple collections in Zotero to organize papers by project. Use the Zotero connector to save items directly into the selected collection.
Sync zotero online between your software and the web library, create public groups with open membership or private groups, and collaborate by sharing sources across group libraries.
This course is on reference management with Zotero.
This course is for you if:
You are writing a journal article, a thesis, a dissertation, an academic assignment, or a book and you need to include citations and a bibliography.
You are looking for a program or software to manage your references?
You have been managing your references manually but want to save energy and time, now.
This course is divided into 6 sections.
The first section is an introductive section where you will learn what Zotero is and get an overview of its features.
In section 2, you will learn how to set up Zotero.
In section 3, you will discover how to import items into Zotero.
At the end of section 4, you will be able to perform in-text citations and a bibliography.
In section 5, you will learn:
o How to create multiple libraries
o How to create tags for identification
o How to sync Zotero online
o How to detect retracted papers
o How to change language in Zotero
o How to remove duplicates
o How to read PDFs in Zotero
The last section is the concluding part of this course.
In brief, by the end of this course, you are fully equipped to use Zotero in managing your references.