Zotero: Basics and its applications by V. Sriram in Continuing Dental Education Programme, Government Dental College, Thiruvananthapuram. India. 30th June 2018.

1. Zotero: Basics and its applications
V. Sriram
Chief Librarian
Centre for Development Studies
Thiruvananthapuram, India
E-mail: vsrirams@gmail.com
Continuing Dental Education Programme.
Govt. Dental College, Thiruvananthapuram. India.
30th June 2018.

2. 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

3. 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.

4. 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

5. Zotero
 Free – Open Source
 Platform independent
 Works Offline and Online
 Over 8100 referencing styles
www.zotero.org
 Over 8100 referencing styles
 Data Sharing
 26 fields
 34 Types of Sources
 Linking full text / pdf
 Integration with MS-Office / Open Office

6. Zotero - Installation

7. Zotero - Installation

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

10. Collecting References

11. Collecting References

12. Adding items

13. Organizing items

14. Drag & Drop Items

15. Items metadata

16. Notes

17. Notes

18. Tags

19. Tags

20. Attachments

21. Searching Items

22. Zotero – Word Add - in

23. Insert Citation

24. Insert Bibliography

25. Create Zotero Account

26. Zotero Login

27. Synchronize

28. Settings

29. Backup

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

31. Thank you!
V. Sriram
Email: vsrirams@gmail.com
Mob: 9447251892