This document provides an overview of Zotero, an open source reference management tool. It describes Zotero as free software that works with browsers like Firefox, Chrome, and Safari to automatically sense references from web pages and organize them into collections. Key features include collecting references, organizing them, citing them in papers, synchronizing libraries across devices, collaborating in groups, and integrating with word processors for automatic bibliography generation. The document also outlines Zotero's import/export options, APIs, limitations like lack of IE support, and paid storage plans for larger libraries.

1. Zotero: an Open Source Reference
Management tool for researchers
Prajeesh Bhaskaran
M.G University Library, Kottayam

2. Project : Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media,
George Mason University, USA.
Funded by : Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Institute of
Museum and Library Services, and the Alfred P. Sloan
Foundation.
Zotero- word derived from an Albanian verb meaning
"to master”
Zotero- free & open source reference management software

3.  Zotero 4.0 is a standalone software coupled with the browsersZotero 4.0 is a standalone software coupled with the browsers
Safari, Google Chrome & FirefoxSafari, Google Chrome & Firefox
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 Available for Mac OS X, Windows, and LinuxAvailable for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux
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 Supported in many languagesSupported in many languages
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 Duplicate Detection and mergingDuplicate Detection and merging
Zotero 4.0

4. How to get Zotero

5.  Collect- Automatic sensing of the content
 Organize- organize in to collection and sub collections, tags creation
 Cite- create footnotes, in-text citations, endnotes and bibliographies
 Synchronize
 Collaborate- join different research gruops on any topic or create
their own groups, can share their library with the members
Features

6. Automatic sensing of the content

7.  Zotero support online syncing, allowing to access Zotero library
on any computer with internet access.
 Zotero syncing has two parts: data syncing and file syncing.
Zotero's Sychronization

8.  The Word processor or Libre Office or Neo office plugins
helps to generate bibliographies, in-text citations or
footnotes automatically
 Ability to edit citations directly in the word processor
document
 More than 6000 style formats for creating bibliographies
and citation.
Word Processor Plugin Integration

9. Zotero toolbar allows to add citation
Click on the “Zotero Insert Citation”
icon
Inserting Citations

10. Import & Export
The following biblipgraphic formats can import
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Zotero RDF
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MODS (Metadata Object Description Schema)
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BibTeX
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RIS
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Refer/BibIX
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Unqualified Dublin Core RDF

11.  Report generated from collection
 PDF Full text indexing
 Zotero File Storage
 ZotFile & ZotFile Reader
 Zotero &Wikipedia
 Zotero Maps
 Zotero Timeline
 Zotero groups
Zotero's APIs

12.  Does not work with Internet Explorer as IE is proprietary nature
of the browser, but can install ‘standalone’ on Windows OS
 Zotero could not prevent or remove duplicate items-need to
remove duplicate items manually.
 Zotero does not have as many reference sytles as RefWorks or
EndNotes
 Problem of storage- saves in browser need to purchase extra space
Limitations of Zotero
Storage Quota Cost
2 GB $20/year (equal to $1.67 per month)
6 GB $60/year (equal to $5 per month)
Unlimited 1) $120/year (equal to $10 per month)

13. THANK YOU.