How Zotero ties in with information literacy standards and some of its technical features.

1. +
Collecting, Managing, and Sharing
Information and its Sources with Zotero
John Pell
Assistant Professor
Hunter College Libraries

2. +
Overview
The Big Picture
Installing and Using Zotero
Options for Using Zotero
Collecting Information with Zotero
Managing files with Zotero
Sharing Information Socially with
Zotero
Integrating Zotero with your writing

3. +
The Big Picture
Why teach or learn about things like Zotero?

4. +
Information Literacy
Zotero is just one example of a family
of software for citation management.
Using technologies like Zotero to
extract, record, and mange information
and its sources is an ACRL Information
Literacy Performance Indicator.
 “Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education”, n.d.
http://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/informationliteracycompetency.

5. +
Installing and Using Zotero

6. +
Options for Using Zotero
 As a Plugin for Firefox
 http://download.zotero.org/extension/zotero-3.0.2.xpi
 As a Stand-alone program*
 For Windows: http://download.zotero.org/standalone/3.0.2/Zotero-
3.0.2_setup.exe
 For Mac: http://download.zotero.org/standalone/3.0.2/Zotero-3.0.2.dmg
 *Using the stand-alone program permits saving information from
within browsers other than Firefox once connectors have been
installed
 Connector For Chrome:
http://download.zotero.org/connector/chrome/Zotero_Connector_3.0.2.crx
 Connector For Safari:
http://download.zotero.org/connector/safari/Zotero_Connector_3.0.2.safariextz

7. +
Collecting Information with
Zotero

8. +
Collecting Information with Zotero
As a plug-in for Firefox, you can view your
Zotero library as a section of your browser
window by clicking this icon.

9. +
Collecting Information with Zotero
When Zotero recognizes data
that it can capture, you can
click this icon to save a record
of the data.
With web pages, the record
will include a snapshot of the
page.

10. +
Collecting Information with Zotero
Zotero also works with many
web-based databases (Web of
Science shown here.)
You can attach files to your
records in order to keep
articles handy- right click the
record and select “Add
Attachment”

11. +
Managing Files with Zotero

12. +
Managing Files with Zotero
You can add PDFs to your
Zotero library and have Zotero
retrieve the metadata.

13. +
Managing Files with Zotero
Once you have the files in your
library, select them, right click,
and chose, “Retrieve Metadata
for PDFs.”

14. +
Managing Files with Zotero
Zotero will attempt to retrieve
metadata for your files from
Google Scholar using the
article’s DOI. (note that the file
must have OCRed text.)
Once the data is retrieved, the
PDF will be associated with the
article’s author, title, etc. in your
Zotero library.

15. +
Sharing Information Socially
with Zotero

16. +
Sharing Information Socially with
Zotero
You can create a public profile
to share your research
interests; you can even share
your CV!
Through your public
library, you can share
reading lists, and your
thoughts about what you
are reading.

17. +
Sharing Information Socially with
Zotero
Zotero hosts thousands of
Groups where members can
share articles and ideas.

18. +
Integrating Zotero with your
Writing

19. +
Integrating Zotero with your Writing
You can download and install a plugin that
integrates Zotero with Microsoft Word
For Windows: http://download.zotero.org/integration/Zotero-WinWord-Plugin-3.1.5.xpi
For Mac: http://download.zotero.org/integration/Zotero-MacWord-Plugin-3.1.10.xpi

20. +
Integrating Zotero with your Writing
Once the plug-in is installed. You can access Zotero
options from the Add-Ins tab in Word for Windows.
Mouse over the icons for a text tip. (Zotero options
will appear in the scripts menu in Word for Mac.)

21. +
Integrating Zotero with your Writing
To insert an in-text citation, click the “insert citation”
option and then select the record that you want to
cite.

22. +
Trouble Shooting and
Keeping Up

23. +
Trouble Shooting and Keeping Up
The Zotero site contains a great deal of help
documentation and if you do not find what you need,
there are discussion forums where you can seek
support for unique problems.