Reference Management System with Zotero by V. Sriram. In XX Refresher Course in Library Science, UGC-HRDC, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram. India. 16th November 2019.

1. Reference Management System with Zotero
V. Sriram
Chief Librarian
Centre for Development Studies
Thiruvananthapuram, India
E-mail: vsrirams@gmail.com
XX Refresher Course in Library Science
UGC-HRDC, University of Kerala,
Thiruvananthapuram. India.
16th November 2019.

2. Contents
 Literature – What and How to manage
 Basics of referencing – What and Why
 Style Manuals
 Reference management software
 Zotero – Features Zotero – Features
 Zotero – Word integration

3. Avenues of Publication
 Journal article
 Article in a collection
 Contribution to
newspapers
Commentaries
 Book
 Book editorial
 Book section / chapter
 Book review
 WP / OP / Notes Commentaries
 Internal or external report
 Dissertation / Thesis
 WP / OP / Notes
 Popular publications
 Blogs / Wikis

4. 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.

5. Referencing
 What is referencing?
It is a method used by the researchers to
demonstrate that they have conducted a
thorough and appropriate literature search,
and reading. To accurately acknowledgeand reading. To accurately acknowledge
other people's work and ideas when writing
your own work, you need to use a referencing
style. There are many types of referencing
style such as Chicago Style, MLA, APA …

6. Style book for Writers of Research Papers…

7. Citation Style
9400 styles and growing …
http://citationstyles.org/
https://zotero.org/styleshttps://zotero.org/styles

8.  In text citation
 References
 Bibliography
Citation Style

9. Reference management software - Evolution
 Reference Manager (1984)
 Free : Zotero, Mendeley
 LaTex users: JabRef LaTex users: JabRef

10. 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

11. Zotero
 Free – Open Source
 Platform independent
 Works Offline and Online
 Over 9485 referencing styles
www.zotero.org
 Over 9485 referencing styles
 Data Sharing
 26 fields
 34 Types of Sources
 Linking full text / pdf
 Integration with MS-Office / Open Office

12. Zotero - Installation

13. Zotero - Installation

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

16. Collecting References

17. Collecting References

18. Adding items

19. Organizing items

20. Drag & Drop Items

21. Items metadata

22. Notes

23. Notes

24. Tags

25. Tags

26. Attachments

27. Searching Items

28. Zotero – Word Add - in

29. Insert Citation

30. Insert Bibliography

31. Create Zotero Account

32. Zotero Login

33. Synchronize

34. Settings

35. Backup

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

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