Writing research papers made easy using Zotero

WRITING RESEARCH PAPERS MADE EASY USING

Prof.Dr.Rathishchandra R Gatti

|Professor Mech.Engg| Independent Design Consultant|

|[email protected]|

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. WHAT IS THIS ZOTERO?

2. DOWNLOADING & INSTALLING ZOTERO

3. STRATEGY FOR WRITING YOUR PAPER

4. HOW TO DOWNLOAD CITATIONS

5. HOW TO STORE CITATIONS TO YOUR ZOTERO LIBRARY

6. HOW TO CREATE YOUR OWN CITABLE REFERENCES

7. HOW TO ADD REFERENCES IN YOUR PAPER

8. Q&A SESSION


1. WHAT IS THIS ZOTERO?

It is an OPENSOURCE BIBLIOGRAPHIC SOFTWARE –used for

•Downloading & Storing references.

• Creating new references.

• Adding references/citations to your paper in MS word orLaTex.

• Collaboratively write papers using cloud data storage.

• Very easy to use.



DOWNLOADING ZOTERO : https://www.zotero.org/download/

For this workshop, Download “Zotero standalone”

Optional :You can also download “Zotero for firefox” if you have firefox browser.



INSTALLING ZOTERO

1. Install it the normal way – pressing next,next,next..2. Make sure you have closed all your active MS office

files such as word, power point etc before installation.


3. STRATEGY FOR WRITING YOUR PAPER



1. Keep your ZOTERO open. Create a new library.

2. Name your library something like “my_research_paper_title”.

3. Go to Google Scholar

4. Type Your Keywords –Use Boolean Operators AND,OR,NOT.

5. Click “Cite” link of the chosen paper.

6. Click “ZOTERO ”Link In The Cite window.

7. 7. A .enw or .ris file gets downloaded. Double click that file. It opens

automatically in the my_research _paper_title.enl file.



CLICK “CITE”

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CLICK “RefMan”

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3

The .RIS format file gets

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Just say OK.

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This can happen only if

your Zotero app is already

open and active.Uncheck this so that you can

download to correct location.

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All citations will be

automatically be added to

the zotero library

collection.

Just drag the citations to

the respective groups

Collections and

Sub-collections


5. HOW TO STORE CITATIONS TO YOUR ZOTERO LIBRARY

Paper : Review of applications of energy harvesting for autonomous wireless sensor nodesAbstract1_INTRODUCTION.2_ENERGY HARVESTER AND ITS NEED IN WSNS.3_ENERGY HARVESTER DESIGN PROTOCOL. 4_TYPES OF ENERGY HARVESTERS.5_APPLICATIONS OF ENERGY HARVESTERS.Conclusions.Bibliography.

Example to show how to store references in Zotero



You can write

your research

notes and save it

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You can create

your own

references

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2

Add details for

your new

reference


7. HOW TO ADD REFERENCES TO YOUR PAPER

Click where you want to

insert citations in the

paperThen click “Add/Edit

Citation” button

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Click the required

reference style and say

“OK” button

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ANY QUESTIONS ?

My Email [email protected]

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THANK YOUHAVE A GR8

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Writing research papers made easy using Zotero