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Zotero

Getting Started

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Zotero

• What is Zotero?

A free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share your research sources.

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Getting Started

You will need to download the free Firefox extension.You can find this on the Zotero site or on the Library’s Zotero Guide.

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Restart the Firefox Browser and Register for a Free Account

• Once you have downloaded the Zotero extension, Firefox will restart and will prompt you to create an account.

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Register for a Free Account

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Set up your preferencesTo set your preferences, open your Zotero account by clicking on the Z in the far right hand corner and then click on the grey actions icon

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GeneralSet your font size, automatically attach PDF files etc.

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Sync your AccountSync your account by adding your Zotero username and password

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SearchYou can enable PDF searching by going to the Search tab and clicking on Check for Update” button

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CiteClick on the Styles tab to view your output styles and to get more styles, click on the link to additional styles

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Additional StylesClick on the Styles tab to view your output styles and to get more styles, click on the link to additional styles

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Advanced – Open URLYou can set up the Open URL to find full-text articles at Lakehead

Under the Advanced tab, under OpenURL, click on “Search for resolvers”

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Advanced – Open URLClick on the drop-down menu next to “1 resolver found” and click on LAKEHEAD UNIV and click on OK

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Accessing Zotero

• Click on the grey “Z” in the upper right hand corner of the screen to access Zotero

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Adding a Book from the Library Catalogue

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Adding a Journal Article from a Library Database

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Adding several Journal Articles or books from a Library Database/Catalogue

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Adding several Journal Articles or books from a Library Database/Catalogue

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Adding a Website

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Adding a PDF

• To include a PDF or any other file from your computer in Zotero, simply drag it to Zotero - you can drag to an existing item to attach the file or drag between items to store as an independent item.

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Adding item by identifier

• You can add items to your library if you already know their ISBN, Digital Object Identifier (DOI), or PubMed ID. To add an item via one of these identifiers, click the “Add Item by Identifier” button at the top of the center column of the Zotero pane, type or paste in the identifier and press Enter.

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Adding a plugin for Word or LibreOffice

• After you have installed Zotero, click on the link “Add a plugin for Word or LibreOffice”

• Select your version of Word (Windows or Mac) or LibreOffice

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Using the Word/LibreOffice plugin

• Go to Word and click on the “Add-Ins” tab

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Zotero Icons

Insert Citation

EditCitation

InsertBibliography

EditBibliography Zotero

Refresh

Zotero Set doc

Pref

ZoteroRemoveCodes

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Groups

• Groups are a good way to share information• Groups can be private or public• Public Groups can not share files

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Setting up a Group – How?

• You can click the New Group icon located next to the New Collection icon in the top left corner of the Zotero Firefox add-on.

OR• You can also click the Create New Group button

on the groups landing page.

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Viewing your Groups

• To view your Groups, login to your Zotero account at https://www.zotero.org/ and click on Groups.

• You can view any existing Groups that you have created or any invitations to an existing Group.

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Viewing your Groups