Webinar on Managing References using Zotero by V. Sriram. Kerala State Council for Science Technology and Environment, Thiruvananthapuram. 17th August 2021.

1. Webinar on Managing References using Zotero
V. Sriram
Chief Librarian
Centre for Development Studies
Thiruvananthapuram, India
E-mail: vsrirams@gmail.com
Kerala State Council for Science Technology and Environment
Thiruvananthapuram.
17th August 2021

2. Contents
 Literature – What and How to manage
 Basics of referencing – What and Why
 Style Manuals
 Reference management software
 Zotero – Features
 Zotero – Features
 Zotero – Word integration

3. Avenues of Publication
 Journal article
 Article in a collection
 Contribution to
newspapers
Commentaries
 Book
 Book editorial
 Book section / chapter
 Book review
 WP / OP / Notes
 Commentaries
 Internal or external report
 Dissertation / Thesis
 Project
 WP / OP / Notes
 Popular publications
 Blogs / Wikis
 Case Studies

4. Managing Literature and References
Systematic gathering of sources:
 Using proper tools to gather literature – Google
Scholar, Journal Databases, …
 Creating bibliographic records, summary, notes,
comments, and making it error free
 Organizing by topic, subject, research area…
 Linking the soft copy full text for easy retrieval
 Assigning a unique primary-key for print items.

5. Referencing
 What is referencing?
It is a method used by the researchers to
demonstrate that they have conducted a
thorough and appropriate literature search,
and reading. To accurately acknowledge
and reading. To accurately acknowledge
other people's work and ideas when writing
your own work, you need to use a referencing
style. There are many types of referencing
style such as Chicago Style, MLA, APA …

6. Style book for Writers of Research Papers…

7. Citation Style
 In text citation
 References
 Bibliography
10127 styles and growing …
http://citationstyles.org/
https://zotero.org/styles

8. Reference management software - Evolution
 Reference Manager (1984)
 Free : Zotero, Mendeley
 LaTex users: JabRef
 LaTex users: JabRef

9. Reference management software
Need:
 Enhance the presentation
 Good practice to give due credit
 Avoid plagiarism
Benefits:
 search easily for a particular reference to which
you need to refer back
 print or save lists of references
 insert citations into your document and
automatically produce a bibliography in whatever
style you require

10. Zotero
 Free – Open Source
 Platform independent
 Works Offline and Online
 Over 10127 referencing styles
www.zotero.org
 Over 10127 referencing styles
 Data Sharing
 26 fields
 34 Types of Sources
 Linking full text / pdf
 Integration with MS-Office / Open Office

11. Zotero - Installation

12. Zotero - Installation

14. Open Zotero
 Zotero Desktop Icon
 Works Offline and Online

15. Collecting References

16. Collecting References

17. Adding items

18. Organizing items

19. Drag & Drop Items

20. Items metadata

21. Notes

22. Notes

23. Tags

24. Tags

25. Attachments

26. Searching Items

27. Zotero – Word Add - in

28. Insert Citation

29. Insert Bibliography

30. Create Zotero Account

31. Zotero Login

32. Synchronize

33. Settings

34. Backup

35. Zotero for Mobile devices

36. Conclusion
 Organizes your research materials
 Long term storage
 Reduces data entry and formatting
 Helps to develop your research
 Helps to develop your research

37. Thank you!
Thank you!
Thank you!
Thank you!
V. Sriram
Email: vsrirams@gmail.com