Introduction to Zotero

1. Zotero : Personal Research Assistant
Ajay Khatri
Associate Professor
Acropolis Institute of Technology & Research
www.ajaykhatri.in

2. Using Zotero
What is Zotero?
Zotero is a free reference
administration software. It has a
standalone platform that it can be
linked to a browser plugin.
What does it do?
Zotero helps you to collect, manage,
and organize references; additionally,
Zotero helps you to cite documents
according to different academic
styles, and make bibliographies.
You can download Zotero from here:
https://www.zotero.org/download/

3. Download page: Please install both the Zotero standalone software and the Connector Plugin to experience all the capabilities of the
program.

4. After launching the program you will see the next screen.

5. Once the program is open you can open your browser too to establish a connection between the two programs.
You’ll see the letter Z appearing in your browser’s addons section

6. If you find an article on the internet, a sheet of paper icon will appear on our browser.
This means that Zotero has
registered the information of
the article and it’s ready to
save it into the platform.

7. If you click on the sheet of paper icon, a menu will be displayed; this allows you to save the document information into your
library.

8. If you look for an article in places such as google scholar you will see a folder icon. This means you can save the results in the Zotero
platform.

9. When you click on the folder icon, a new window will pop out. In this window you can select which articles to import to your Zotero
library.

10. After importing the sources, Zotero creates a list of references with the information of the articles.

11. If you right click on one of the articles, a menu is displayed.

12. If you select the option “Create bibliography from item”, then the following screen will appear.
This will allow you to choose among different citation styles to create a bibliography. Let’s select the American
Psychological Association 6th edition style.

13. If you select to copy the bibliography into the clipboard, then you obtain the following result.
Springer, T. A. (1990). Adhesion receptors of the immune system. Nature, 346(6283), 425.
As you can see, Zotero creates the appropriate citation for the selected article!

14. Zotero allows users to manage sources easily. Some of the most important functions
are the following.

15. By clicking on
the folder icon
you can create
a new collection
of sources in
your library
By clicking on the
box icon you can
create a different
library to keep
different
collections
organized

16. This icon lets
you create a
new entry
manually.
With this option you can
create a new entry by
providing identifying data
such as ISBN or DOI. Zotero
automatically finds the
information for you.
This Icon lets you create a
note about any of your
sources.
This option allows
you to attach a url
to your source
entry or even a
stored copy of the
file.

17. The arrow icon lets you look
for the document and obtain
access through several
lookup engines.

18. How to use Zotero with MS Word

19. Click where you wants to insert citation in word>click zotero @ upper pan in word>add/edit citation,
Inserting References in word documents Click
here

20. Insert keywords of reference you wants to add in box it will show related references in
library>hit enter.

21. We can change styles of reference in document preferences menu as per our choice.
Click here

22. We can add and manage styles by clicking manage references
Click here

23. Next window>click get additional slides
Click here

24. New window will come up with Zotero style repository> double click preferred style and
it will be added to directory.

25. Click where you have to add bibliography in word>Zotero>add/edit
bibliography>bibliography will be added in prior specified style.
#Inserting References in documents: a)Insert bibliography
Click here

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