Zotero for Firefox

Paul Emsley

Subject Librarian

(Music, Art History, Philosophy and Education)

This session will cover …

• Zotero – what is it and what can it do?

• Installing Zotero and the Zotero Word plugin

• Downloading bibliographic information of books and journal articles

• Creating and editing in-text citations and bibliographies

What is Zotero and

what does it do?

• Reference/Citation management software

• A Plugin for Firefox (also standalone version)

• Manages references like Endnote

• Allows you to access your library from any internet-connected computer (except Victoria student domain)

• Downloads bibliographic data from web pages

• Creates in-text citations/footnotes/bibliographies in a referencing style you choose in MS Word

• More info at http://www.zotero.org/support/

Firefox download - 1

On Campus Computers:

• Only possible on staff domain (ITS need to

install)

• Needs Firefox (or Frontmotion) v24.0 or

newer

Firefox download - 2

Personal/Laptop/Home computers:

• Go to http://www.mozilla.org/firefox

• or http://www.mozilla.org/en-

US/firefox/all.html en-US language works

best

Download and Install Zotero from

http://www.zotero.org/

Create your account (register) - 1

Create your account (register) - 2

My Library

Install Microsoft Word Plugin

Firefox Zotero icon

Firefox Zotero pane

Adjusting the height of the pane

Toggle tab mode

Left column

Creating new collections - 1

Creating new collections - 2

Creating new subcollections - 1

Creating new subcollections - 2

Centre column

Right column

How Zotero works

Set up syncing your Zotero library

Open “Preferences”

Select “sync automatically” in preferences

Using WEBDAV–compatible cloud storage for your Zotero library

Preferences Disabling PDF and screenshot saving

Upgrading Your Server (Disc) Space - 1

Upgrading Your Server (Disc) Space - 2

Downloading bibliographic information (books)

Automatic download

Multiple download

… But first, click the subcollection in you wish to

store the downloaded citation.

Tick the items you want

ISBN / DOI search button

ISBN / DOI search box

Downloading bib info (journal articles)

Article/Document icon

What if I don’t see the document icon?

Export directly to Zotero (Endnote option)

Duplicate detection

Merge duplicates

Creating a bibliography

Create bibliography – citation style,

output format

BibliographyAppleby, Joyce. “The American Heritage: The Heirs and the Disinherited.” The Journal of American

History 74.3 (1987): 798–813. JSTOR. Web. 8 May 2013.

Cartwright, William H. The Reinterpretation of American History and Culture. Washington: National

Council for the Social Studies, 1973. Print.

Condit, Carl W. “The First Reinforced-Concrete Skyscraper: The Ingalls Building in Cincinnati and Its

Place in Structural History.” Technology and Culture 9.1 (1968): 1–33. JSTOR. Web. 8 May 2013.

Current, Richard N. American History: a Survey. New York: Knopf, 1961. Print.

DeConde, Alexander. Patterns in American History. 3d ed. Belmont, Calif: Wadsworth Pub. Co, 1973.

Print.

Merk, Frederick. Manifest Destiny and Mission in American History: a Reinterpretation. New York: Vintage

Books, 1966. Print. A Vintage Book V-318.

“Political Theory, History of Political Thought, and Methodology.” The American Political Science Review

62.4 (1968): 1301–1324. JSTOR. Web. 8 May 2013.

Reconstructing American Literary History. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 1986. Print.

Harvard English Studies 13.

Schlesinger, Arthur Meier. History of American Presidential Elections, 1789-1968. New York: Chelsea

House, 1971. Print.

Microsoft Word Plugin

Zotero buttons in Word tool bar

Zotero shortcuts in Word for Mac 2008/2011

Word: in-text citation button

Word: select a citation style (only seen when

you insert your first citation)

Word: in-text citation – default method

Word: Click to add a page number

Word: in-text citation

‘Classic Style’ Method

Word: in-text citation – ‘Classic Style’

(better option)

Word: type the author’s name, the title, etc. and

select the item you want to cite from the list

Automatic in-text citation

IMPORTANT

In MS Word you cannot edit referencesand bibliographies created using theZotero Word plugin directly because youwill delete the hidden code needed forthem to work.

INSTEAD use the “Edit Citation” and “EditBibliography” Word plugin options, whichopen up a Zotero editing screen.

Word: edit-in-text citation button

Word: add/Edit citation window

Word: editor view

Word: keep adding in-text citations

Word: Create a Bibliography button

Word: creating a bibliography

Word: editing the bibliography

Word: Edit Bibliography button

Word: Edit Bibliography window

Have fun with Zotero!

• Thank you for your attention

• For further information, view Zotero’s support page @ http://www.zotero.org/support/

• The slides for this session are at http://www.slideshare.net/paulwe1/zotero4firefox-32828524