Getting Started with Zotero
Author: Catherine Pope
Publisher: Catherine Pope Limited
Published: 2021-05-11
Total Pages: 81
ISBN-13: 1838242929
DOWNLOAD EBOOKZotero (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. 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 3.Getting started The Zotero interface 4. Adding stuff to Zotero Automatic capture Adding multiple items Add by Identifier Manual entry Adding book sections Adding multi-volume works Importing PDFs Duplicate Items Adding webpages Importing from EndNote 5. Getting organised Collections Tags Automatic tags Assigning colour to tags Related items Notes Saving files How to link to a Dropbox file from Zotero 6. Searching your Zotero library Sorting Basic searching Advanced searching Saved searches 7. Using Zotero with Word Installing the Word plugin Inserting citations Creating bibliographies Using Zotero with Google Docs 8. Adding styles Installing styles Using styles 9. Backups & syncing 10. Customizing Zotero General preferences Shortcuts 11. Collaboration & sharing Group libraries 12. Zotero website 13. Mobile devices & apps 14. Storage 15. Advanced features Library Lookup RTF Scan Zotero and Scrivener 16. Next Steps 17. Conclusion