Dasapta Erwin Irawan

Faculty of Earth Sciences and TechnologyInstitut Teknologi Bandung

19 January 2015

Reference management A mini course_3

Using Zotero

Image: flickr/jasonparis

A bit about me

● A bit old: born in 1976● A bit hard: hydrogeology● A bit old-skool: love vintage things

● A bit old-fashioned: no dye and weird hair cut

● A bit social:

– On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dasaptaerwin

– On Twitter: @dasaptaerwin

– On ResearchGate: www.researchgate.net/dasapta_irawan

Disclaimer

● This mini course is non-credit.

● It is offered as opportunities for students to learn specific skills in just a few sessions.

● This mini course offers no warranty of your study performance.

● Consultation session with your supervisor is very important to make the best out of this mini course.

● I'm prone to error, please report any typos or misconceptions from reading this doc.

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Outline

● 3.1 Terms in Zotero● 3.2 Adding item● 3.3 Attaching pdf● 3.4 Adding notes● 3.5 Choosing and adding citation style (csl)● 3.6 Searching item● 3.7 Exporting library, collection, sub collection● 3.8 Syncing library● 3.9 Connecting Zotero to Firefox● 3.10 Connecting Zotero to word processor:

– 3.10.1 LibreOffice– 3.10.2 Microsoft Word

Welcome to Zotero

Some terms

Terms

Here we call a paper as an "item"

an item/a paper

A collection is group of papers, with the same topic

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A subcollection is a group of papers, with the same subtopic

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A library is a complete list of your papers, collections, and subcollections

a library

How to add a new item/paper

Manually Menu > New Item

Automatic mode: Menu > Import

Select the bib file

There's your item

Automatic mode: Entering the DOI/ISBN

Note the DOI from this paper

How to attach pdf

Attach button

Attach options

How to add some notes

You can add some notes/ paraphrase here

Here's your notes/ paraphrase

How to choose CSL

Here's you CSL pref window

What is CSL (Wikipedia)

The CSL creates this

Zotero's CSL library, search, and download

Installing new CSL file

Here's your new CSL

How to find something

Search window

How to export your doc

Export your entire library

Export your collection

Select your format

How to sync your library

Here's your "sync" button

This is why you need to make an acc

How to connect to Firefox: store info directly from Firefox

Install the add-on first

Enter your keyword

This is your results

Zotero detects the available results, select

Zotero saving the docs, in the cloud

Here's your cloud library

Don't forget to sync

How to connect LO and MSW with Zotero

Install the add-on first

Left is MsW, right is LO

Adding citation

Adding citation

Adding bibliography

Changing style

Style changed

How to connect LO and MSW with Zotero

Install the add-on first

Left is MsW, right is LO

Adding citation

Adding citation

Adding citation

Adding bibliography

Adding bibliography

Changing style

Changing style

Changing style

Style changed