Reference management software: Zotero by V. Sriram. Webinar on Research Methods, St. Teresa’s College Ernakulam. India. 17th June 2020.

1. Reference Management Software : Zotero
V. Sriram
Chief Librarian
Centre for Development Studies
Thiruvananthapuram, India
E-mail: vsrirams@gmail.comE-mail: vsrirams@gmail.com
Webinar on Research Methods
St. Teresa’s College
Ernakulam. India.
17th June 2020.

2. Managing Literature and References
Systematic gathering of sources:
 Using proper tools to gather literature – Google
Scholar, Journal Databases, …
 Creating bibliographic records, summary, notes,
comments, and making it error free
 Organizing by topic, subject, research area…
 Linking the soft copy full text for easy retrieval
 Assigning a unique primary-key for print items.

3. Reference management software
Need:
 Enhance the presentation
 Good practice to give due credit
 Avoid plagiarism
Benefits:
 search easily for a particular reference to which
you need to refer back
 print or save lists of references
 insert citations into your document and
automatically produce a bibliography in whatever
style you require

4. Zotero
 Free – Open Source
 Platform independent
 Works Offline and Online
 Over 9778 referencing styles
www.zotero.org
 Over 9778 referencing styles
 Data Sharing
 26 fields
 34 Types of Sources
 Linking full text / pdf
 Integration with MS-Office / Open Office

5. Zotero - Installation

6. Zotero - Installation

8. Open Zotero
 Zotero Desktop Icon
 Works Offline and Online

9. Collecting References

10. Collecting References

11. Adding items

12. Organizing items

13. Drag & Drop Items

14. Items metadata

15. Notes

16. Notes

17. Tags

18. Tags

19. Attachments

20. Searching Items

21. Zotero – Word Add - in

22. Insert Citation

23. Insert Bibliography

24. Create Zotero Account

25. Zotero Login

26. Synchronize

27. Settings

28. Backup

29. Conclusion
 Organizes your research materials
 Long term storage
 Reduces data entry and formatting
 Helps to develop your research Helps to develop your research

30. Thank you!
V. Sriram
Email: vsrirams@gmail.com