Cite Your Sources Easier and Faster with Chloe Riley | Research Commons Librarian| car11@sfu.ca

Need help with Zotero after today? Contact the citation management experts: citation-managers@sfu.ca. Contact us by email, or set up a phone, skype, or in-person appointment. Chloe Riley | car11@sfu.ca | 778-872-5594 | chloeannriley

How are you managing your references right now?

Why should I use Zotero? A free, open source citation management tool. Helps you import, organize, share, and manage your citations and documents. Helps you create correctly formatted in-text citations and bibliographies in almost any style. Easily finds & formats relevant citation information from almost any website.

Today’s agenda Register for a Zotero account Download & install Zotero 5.0 + install Zotero Connector Add citations (3 different ways) Organize your sources (folders, tags, de-duplication) Create a bibliography (2 different ways) Explore other features (like groups)

Register for a Zotero account (it’s free)

Download + install Zotero Go to zotero.org/download Download + install Zotero 5.0 Install Zotero Connector Zotero Connector doesn’t work with .Internet Explorer or Microsoft Edge.. If one of these is your preferred browser, ask me about your options!

Log in to Zotero Go to Preferences. Go to the Sync tab + login. Windows: Mac: Go to the Sync tab + login.

3 ways to add sources to Zotero From your browser (using Zotero Connector) Drag and drop PDFs By identifier (e.g., ISBN, DOI)

Add sources from your browser to Zotero Find the Zotero icon in your browser.

Add sources from your browser to Zotero Click on the Zotero icon to add a source to your library. Your new source will show up in your Zotero library. (If it doesn’t show up immediately, click “Sync.”)

Add sources by drag + drop Drag + drop a PDF from your computer into Zotero To get the full citation information: Right click + select Retrieve Metadata for PDF

Add an item by identifier (ISBN or DOI)

Organize your sources: save sources to folders In Zotero, folders are called Collections. Create new Collection Drag + drop sources into folders

Organize your sources: create tags Add tags to a source Browse your tag cluster

Organize your sources: de-duplicate your library

2 ways to create references By drag and drop (references only) Using the Word plug-in (in-text citations and references)

Select citation style in Zotero Go to Preferences. Windows: Mac: Go to the Cite tab to select a citation style.

Add references by drag + drop Open a word document (e.g. MS Word, Google Docs). Drag source(s) from your Zotero library into the document.

Find the Zotero Word add-in For older versions of Mac (e.g. Word 2011), look for the script icon

Adding in-text citations in a given style change style add citations

Cite readings in-text with page numbers Choose Add/Edit Citation, and search for the source you want to cite. Double click on the citation inside the Zotero ribbon to add a page number. Then press Enter to add the citation!

Creating a bibliography

Changing the citation style

Create a group

Invite your colleagues

Share sources with your group

Need help with Zotero after today? Contact the citation management experts: citation-managers@sfu.ca. Contact us by email, or set up a phone, skype, or in-person appointment. Chloe Riley | car11@sfu.ca | 778-872-5594 | chloeannriley

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