Zotero: Introduction to a Reference Management Program (Self-paced)

BeginnersPrerequisites

This course is an introduction to reference management using the fre, open-source program, Zotero. Zotero is a free plug-in for the Firefox web browser which allows you to collect and store references from online sources; add your own annotations and finally use your stored references to insert correct citations into a Word, Open Office, or LaTeX document.

Familiarity with the use of Firefox and either Word, Open Office or LaTeX

Number of sessions: 1

• Creating a research database of references
• Adding citations to a document using your database of references

Self-paced from detailed notes with advisor available to help with any problems and a brief introductory talk

Zotero v. 2 on MCS Windows

• Some optional sections available depending on your preferred word-processor package

One session of two hours

Termly

• Bibliographic Software
• Introductory IT Courses
• Research