USING ZOTERO STANDALONE VERSION

USING ZOTERO WITH MICROSOFT WORD

• Zotero can be used with Microsoft Word andOpenOffice.

• This allow users to insert citation directly from theirword processing software.

• You may find the link to install the plugin onto Zoterohomepage : http://www.zotero.org (refer to nextslide).

• After installation of the plugin you should see this rowof icons in your Microsoft Word toolbar:

• These six buttons allow you to manage references andbibliographies in your Microsoft Word documents.

Click on this Add a plugin

for Word or LibreOffice to

install the plugin.

You may download based on

the operating system of your

computer (Example:

Windows). And click Allow on

the top of your browser page.

A popup will appear, requesting to

install the plugin. Click Install Now.

* You will need to restart your

Firefox after completion of

installation.

Next, in your Microsoft Word

document click on Add-Ins

tab. This will display the

Zotero Plugin

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Zotero Insert Citation:

To insert citation / edit

citation

Zotero Insert Bibliography:

To insert bibliography / edit

bibliography

Zotero Set Documents Preferences:

To insert bibliography / edit

bibliography

To add a reference:

1. Click on the Zotero Insert Citation icon.

2. Choose the bibliographic format you want to use

and click on OK. (In this case – American

Psychological Association 6th edition).

The new Z box will appear.

Click on the Classic View, and the Add/Edit Citation

window will open.

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In the Add/Edit Citation

window:

1. Highlight the citation you

want as a reference.

2. (Optional) add a page

number only if you are

using direct quotations

and copy (table, figures,

diagram).

3. Click OK.

3 American Psychological Association (APA) 6th edition style

references have been addedd to this account.

To create a bibliography, click on the Zotero Insert

Bibliography icon.

Your

bibliography (in

APA format) will

be added

automatically to

the bottom of

the document.

Citation Styles

• One of the basic feature of Zotero is its ability toautomatically format citations and bibliographies.

• It comes with a selection of standard styles (such as APA,Harvard and Vancouver), but various more are availabethrough the online Zotero Style Repository at:http://www.zotero.org/styles

• Visit the Zotero Style Repository and click the “[Install]”link next to the style you wish to install.

Zotero Citation Style Repository

Click on the “Install” link next

to the style you wish to install.

Using Zotero Standalone

This is the option to download the Zotero Standalone 4.0 for Windows to your

own computer hard drive.

It can be sync together with Zotero Firefox cloud version, so that changes in

one programme are automatically transferred to the other.

* You will need to create Zotero account first before you can sync it together.

Next, go to

www.zotero.org/user/register to

register an account with Zotero.

Next, open the Zotero Standalone

version. For your computer, you may find

it listed on the bottom taskbar.

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Click on the Actions tab in the middle,

then select the Preferences.

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In the Zotero Preferences,

select the Sync tab and key

in your registered

Username and Password.

Then click OK.

Click on the Sync with Zotero

Server to sync the citations that

you have save in Zotero Firefox

Cloud.

Once it is sync, your citation will

appear in the middle column of

your Zotero Standalone.

To add more items, once

again in MulT-Search,

select the items to be save

and click OK.

In your Zotero Standalone version, refresh your list of

items by clicking on Sync with Zotero Server. Your new

item will be included in the middle column.

* To insert your in-text citation and reference list /

bibliography, follow the same steps for inserting citation

and reference list using Zotero plugin in Microsoft Word

Additional information

Zotero web account• With Zotero web account, you can synchronize your library,

participate in groups, or post to the support forums.

• The data synchronization transfers library items, notes, links,tags, etc., (except attachment files) between your localcomputer and the Zotero servers.

• This allows you to work with your data from any computerwith the Zotero extension.

• To synchronize your data with the Zotero web server:

Open Zotero's Sync preferences tab > Enter your login

information in the Zotero Sync Server section.

You can use the Zotero Online Library Online

(Webpage) to monitor items that has been save

in your Zotero.

Zotero Groups

Share your own work or sources you have discovered with others who are working

in related areas.

Collaborate with colleagues, publicly or privately, on

ongoing research.

Discover other people with similar interests and the sources they are citing.

Zotero Tutorials

Zotero screencast tutorials

demonstrate numerous

basic functions of Zotero,

such as adding references,

managing your library and

how to insert citation in

Word document.

References

1. Zotero Quick Start Guide.

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

2. George Mason University. Citation Management Tools : Zotero Tutorials

http://infoguides.gmu.edu/citationmanagement/ZoteroTutorials

3. Stanford University Libraries : Zotero

https://library.stanford.edu/research/bibliography-management/zotero