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ZOTERO PRESENTATION
PRESENTED BY : IAN KIARIE
Course : Commerce (Finance Major)
: 4th year
Presentation Outline• Definition• Benefits• Installation• Creating accounts• Creating a Library• Zotero sections• Inserting bibliography• Challenges
Definition of zotero
• It is a free, fairly easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources.
• It is free and open source reference management software to manage bibliographic data
Benefits
1. It’s a free and open source2. keep you organized
3. With an account you can save you work and use the same later4. The mode of referencing is automatically formatted when using
zotero5. Zotero saves your library locally in your computer
6. Easy to use
Installation processURL
Installation process cont.
Download zotero for your browser and allow it to install
From zotero home page under url www.zotero.org/download/add a plug in for word and allow it to run in your computer
Creating a zotero account
Zotero sections
A. Collection
B. Items/Content
C. Details
Zotero sections continued
collections items Details
EBSCO research database page
Inserting bibliography
Step 1: insert citation
Step 2: insert bibliography
Insert citation
Insert bibliography
CHALLENGES OF USING ZOTERO
i. Late updates of the software
ii. The fact that Zotero resides on your Firefox browser in your computer makes it difficult for users to share items