What is Zotero 5.0?

Balochistan
University Of
Information
Technology
Engineering and
Management
Sciences
Department of
Computer Engineering
Zotero
Atta Ullah Khan
Technical Report Writing
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Overview
 What is Zotero?
 Download and Installation of Zotero.
 Zotero Desktop Interface.
 Zotero Account Registration for a Free Cloud Account
 Zotero Web Interface.
 Creating your Zotero Library
 Create a Bibliography
 Formatting Citations in MS Word
 Different Citation Style
 Advantages and Disadvantages
 Manually Reference
 Groups (Private, Public)
 Zotero for Mobile
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What is Zotero?
 Zotero is free open-source reference management software to manage bibliographic
data and related research materials. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zotero
 Free storage up to 300 MB.
 The easiest way to pronounce it is “zo tay ro”
 Zotero, like Mendeley, EndNote, Jabref, etc. is a reference management software.
 Connect with your browser to save sources with one click.
 Works on Mac, windows, and Linux OS.
 Firefox was the first platform for which Zotero was developed.

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Download Zotero
 Go to
https://www.zotero.org/download/
 Click on the Download button
 Install Zotero Connector to
automatically save web sources.
 Once downloaded Zotero 5.0, a
Zotero tab will be added in
Microsoft Word Ribbon.

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Installation of Zotero
Run Zotero-5.0.87_setup.exe

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Add Zotero Extension to Chrome

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Integration to Microsoft Word

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Zotero Desktop App GUI

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Zotero Account Registration for a
Free Cloud Account

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Zotero Integration Desktop app to
Cloud

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Sync Your Library to Zotero’s
Cloud Storage
 In Zotero Desktop App
 Click on Edit button
 Then click
Preferences

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Sync Your Library to Zotero’s
Online Server
 Enter username
 Enter password
 Click OK

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Remove Your Library From
Zotero’s Online Server
 Click on Edit button
 Then click
Preferences
 Unlink Account
 Click OK

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Zotero Web Library GUI

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Formatting Citations in MS Word

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 Select all the sources you will be citing in your
research. Right click and choose “Create
Bibliography from Selected Items…”
Create a Bibliography

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 Choose a citation style from the list.
 Click the radio button for “Copy to Clipboard” and hit
“OK”.

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 Open your word processor such as Microsoft Word, and
paste (Ctrl – V) the bibliography that was saved to your
clipboard.

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Different Citation Style
1. American Psychological Association (APA) 7th Edition
2. Modern Language Association 8th Edition
3. IEEE
4. Modern Humanities Research Association 3rd Edition
(note with bibliography) etc.

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American Psychological
Association (APA) 7th Edition

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Modern Language Association 8th
Edition

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IEEE

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Modern Humanities Research Association
3rd Edition (note with bibliography)

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References in IEEE Format

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Advantages
 You can organize items into collections – folders into which items relating to a
specific project or topic can be placed.
 You can save a web page as a “snapshot” for offline access.
 Supports all the major bibliographic styles as well as many journal-specific styles.
 Supports word processor integration.
 Automatically backs up to the Cloud.
 Accounts can be synched to multiple computers.

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Disadvantages
 Zotero must be installed.
 You are required to provide an email when creating an account.
 Zotero uses a toolbar icon in Firefox.
 Word processor integration requires a separate plugin download.
 Less Storage.

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Groups (Private, Public)

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Zotero for Mobile
Download from Play Store
Zoo for Zotero, by Michael Johnston

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Zotero Mobile Graphical User Interface

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