ZoteroKelli Doubledee

Zoterohttp://www.zotero.org/

The name Zotero comes from an

Albanian verb, zotëroj, meaning

to master or acquire a skill.

Puckett, J. (2011, June 19). Zotero: A guide for librarians, researchers and educators [Kindle Edition]. (Kindle Location

129). Amer. Library Assn.

ABOUTO Reference manager program.O Designed to run on any operating

system that will run the Firefox web browser (and now with Chrome and Safari, with a version for Internet Explorer coming soon).

O Its word processor plugins work with Microsoft Word, Open Office and NeoOffice.

O Automatically backs up citations and files to the cloud so accessible from any computer and offline too.

ABOUTO Zotero includes fifteen different bibliographic styles

when first installed, including MLA, APA, Turabian and four variants of Chicago style, which probably covers the needs of most writers. Approximately 1400 additional styles are available for download from zotero.org/styles.

O Created and maintained by researchers for researchers at George Mason University’s Center for History and New Media (chnm.gmu.edu) in Fairfax, VA.

Puckett, J. (2011, June 19). Zotero: A guide for librarians, researchers and educators [Kindle Edition]. (Kindle Locations 1135-1137). Amer. Library Assn.

PURPOSEO Research tool the helps you

O Gather sourcesO Organize sourcesO Analyze sources (citations, full texts,

web pages, and other objects)O Research tool that lets you

O Share the results of your researchO Ability to store author, title, and

publication fields and export information

O Ability to interact, tag, and search in advanced ways

Video and Guide Tutorials

O http://www.zotero.org/support/screencast_tutorials/zotero_tour From Zotero

O http://research.library.gsu.edu/zotero Maintained by Jason Puckett at Georgia State University Library

Powerful

Easy

Free

Open Source Software-FLOSS

Software made and distributed in this way is also called “free software.” This label is slightly ambiguous because of the meanings of the word “free” in English. It can mean “without cost” (gratis) or “free to copy and re-use” (libre). Some advocates have adopted the acronym FLOSS, “free/libre/open source software” to clarify the meaning. Zotero is FLOSS: “free” in both senses of the word.

Puckett, J. (2011, June 19). Zotero: A guide for librarians, researchers and educators [Kindle Edition]. (Kindle Locations 173-176). Amer. Library Assn.

For what type of library is Zotero appropriate?

O Zotero is appropriate for all libraries including: academic/school, specialty, and public libraries.

Library UsagePatron Use

O Saves time. O Helps with

research skills.O Provides

organization and sharing means.

Library Staff UseO One click installation.O Saves time answering

questions required by other programs.

O Serves as literacy

teaching tool.

O Also, could be used for

staff research needsOLists of information,

good books, tutorials.

Patronsand

Librarians/Staff

• Researchers and students

• Could use as cloud web page bookmarking system (for example family vacations, list of resources to share with others)

Literacy StandardsThe Association for College and Research Libraries’ Information Literacy Competency Standard for Higher Education number 2, performance indicator 5 states that “The information literate student extracts, records, and manages the information and its sources.” This indicator’s given outcomes include: 1. Selects among various technologies the most appropriate one

for the task of extracting the needed information.2. Creates a system for organizing the information. 3. Differentiates between the types of sources cited and

understands the elements and correct syntax of a citation for a wide range of resources

4. Records all pertinent citation information for future reference. 5. Uses various technologies to manage the information selected

and organized.

Puckett, J. (2011, June 19). Zotero: A guide for librarians, researchers and educators [Kindle Edition]. (Kindle Locations 248-249). Amer. Library Assn.

. Provision of information in the manner

most useful to its clients is the ultimate test of all a library does RUSA

Guidelines for Information Services

AdvantagesO Add-ins available http://

www.zotero.org/support/pluginsO Includes ability to add Zotero

citations to Wordpress, e-book readers and more.

O FreeO Easy to learnO Collaboration and sharing

AdvantagesO Zotero Everywhere, a major new initiative

generously funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, is aimed at dramatically increasing the accessibility of Zotero to the widest possible range of users today and in the future. Zotero Everywhere will have two main components: a standalone desktop version of Zotero with full integration into a variety of web browsers and a radically expanded application programming interface (API) to provide web and mobile access to Zotero libraries. Retrieved from http://www.zotero.org/blog/zoteros-next-big-step/

AdvantagesO Providing Zotero support offers libraries an

opportunity to diversify their services and educate their users in new information tools. Librarians have found that supporting reference management software has resulted in increasing users’ familiarity with other research tools, increasing awareness of other instructional services offered by the libraries, and in general improving visibility of library services on campus.

Puckett, J. (2011, June 19). Zotero: A guide for librarians, researchers and educators [Kindle Edition]. (Kindle Locations 2418-2422). Amer. Library Assn.

DisadvantagesO When new version of Firefox is

downloaded, you have to make sure Zotero version is compatible (usually checks for you).

O Learning curve for manually entering information to show up correctly in citation style you choose.

O New versions take awhile to go through debugging period.

Other Reference Manager Programs

O Endnote http://www.endnote.com/enhome.aspO Single Windows user $300.00O Windows work station $1,100.00O Retrieved from

http://www.endnote.com/enorform.pdf

Other Reference Manager Programs

O RefWorks https://www.refworks.com/O 1 year subscription includes updates

and changes=$100.00O Retrieved from

https://www.refworks.com/content/path_learn/purchase.asp

Other Reference Manager Programs

O ProCite http://www.procite.com/O ProCite 5 Windows Individual-

$300.00.O ProCite Windows User Network-

$996.00.O Retrieved from

http://www.procite.com/pcorderform.pdf

ReferencesO ALA, RUSA. (2000, July). Guidelines for

information services. Retrieved from http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/rus a/resources/guidelines/guidelinesinformation.cfm

O Puckett, J. (2011, June 19). Zotero: A guide for librarians, researchers and educators [Kindle Edition]. Amer. Library Assn.

O Zotero (Version 2.1.8) [Computer Software]. Retrieved from http://www.zotero.org/