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How Can I Use Zotero to Keep Track of My Research and Generate Bibliographies? A Weekly Workshop

Bo AdamsHead of Public ServicesPitts Theology LibrarySeptember 28, 2016

What Does Citation Management Allow You to Do?

•Trace Your Research Steps So You Can Follow Them Later

•Centralize Your Note Taking

•Organize Your Digital Research Library

•And, of Course, Generate Citations and Bibliographies

The Most Popular Citation Management Tools

http://www.mendeley.com

http://www.refworks.com

http://www.docear.org

http://www.endnote.com

http://www.zotero.org

The Most Popular Citation Management Tools at Candler

http://www.zotero.org Open-Source and Free (up to 300MB) Additional Storage

$20/year for 2GB $60/year for 6GB $120/year for unlimited storage

http://www.endnote.com Corporate and Fee-Based

$249.95 for all $113.95 for students

Free for Emory Users http://software.emory.edu

http://www.library.wisc.edu/services/citation-managers/comparison-chart/

Research With Zotero: Basic Orientation

1. Downloading the Standalone Application (http://www.zotero.org)

2. Organizing a Research Library

3. Syncing with the Cloud

Research With Zotero: Adding Resources to a Library

1. Manually Adding Resources to a Library

2. Exporting/Importing RIS Files

3. The Amazing Browser Plugin and Coins

Research With Zotero: Using Zotero to Organize Your Research Life

1. Attaching Files to Zotero References

2. Tagging References

3. Taking Notes in Zotero

Research With Zotero: Exporting Citations and Bibliography

1. Choosing/Editing Citation Styles

2. Copying/Exporting Citations

3. Cite While You Write (CWYW) and Bibliographies

Resources to Help•Pitts Research Guides (http://pitts.emory.edu/guides)

•Zotero: http://guides.theology.library.emory.edu/zotero

•Woodruff Research Guides

•Zotero: http://guides.main.library.emory.edu/zotero

•Vendor Guides

•Zotero: http://www.zotero.org/support/quick_start_guide

•YouTube!

•Librarians!: http://pitts.emory.edu/ask

Questions?

http://pitts.emory.edu/ww