Zotero: an Open Source Reference Management tool for researchers

Prajeesh Bhaskaran

M.G University Library, Kottayam

Project : Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, George Mason University, USA.

Funded by : Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Zotero- word derived from an Albanian verb meaning

"to master”

Zotero- free & open source reference management software

Zotero 4.0 is a standalone software coupled with the browsers Zotero 4.0 is a standalone software coupled with the browsers Safari, Google Chrome & Firefox Safari, Google Chrome & Firefox

Available for Mac OS X, Windows, and LinuxAvailable for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux

Supported in many languagesSupported in many languages

Duplicate Detection and mergingDuplicate Detection and merging

Zotero 4.0

How to get Zotero

Collect- Automatic sensing of the content Organize- organize in to collection and sub collections, tags creation Cite- create footnotes, in-text citations, endnotes and bibliographies Synchronize Collaborate- join different research gruops on any topic or create

their own groups, can share their library with the members

Features

Automatic sensing of the content

Zotero support online syncing, allowing to access Zotero library on any computer with internet access.

Zotero syncing has two parts: data syncing and file syncing.

Zotero's Sychronization

The Word processor or Libre Office or Neo office plugins helps to generate bibliographies, in-text citations or footnotes automatically

Ability to edit citations directly in the word processor document

More than 6000 style formats for creating bibliographies and citation.

Word Processor Plugin Integration

Zotero toolbar allows to add citation

Click on the “Zotero Insert Citation” icon

Inserting Citations

Import & Export

The following biblipgraphic formats can import Zotero RDF MODS (Metadata Object Description Schema) BibTeX RIS Refer/BibIX Unqualified Dublin Core RDF

Report generated from collection PDF Full text indexing Zotero File Storage ZotFile & ZotFile Reader Zotero &Wikipedia Zotero Maps Zotero Timeline Zotero groups

Zotero's APIs

Does not work with Internet Explorer as IE is proprietary nature of the browser, but can install ‘standalone’ on Windows OS

Zotero could not prevent or remove duplicate items-need to remove duplicate items manually.

Zotero does not have as many reference sytles as RefWorks or EndNotes

Problem of storage- saves in browser need to purchase extra space

Limitations of Zotero

Storage Quota Cost

2 GB $20/year (equal to $1.67 per month)

6 GB $60/year (equal to $5 per month)

Unlimited 1) $120/year (equal to $10 per month)

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