Zotero: Basics and its applications by V. Sriram in Continuing Dental Education Programme, Government Dental College, Thiruvananthapuram. India. 30th June 2018.
1. Zotero: Basics and its applications
V. Sriram
Chief Librarian
Centre for Development Studies
Thiruvananthapuram, India
E-mail: vsrirams@gmail.com
Continuing Dental Education Programme.
Govt. Dental College, Thiruvananthapuram. India.
30th June 2018.
2. 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
WP / OP / Notes
Popular publications
Blogs / Wikis
3. 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.
4. 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
5. Zotero
Free – Open Source
Platform independent
Works Offline and Online
Over 8100 referencing styles
www.zotero.org
Over 8100 referencing styles
Data Sharing
26 fields
34 Types of Sources
Linking full text / pdf
Integration with MS-Office / Open Office
30. Conclusion
Organizes your research materials
Long term storage
Reduces data entry and formatting
Helps to develop your research Helps to develop your research