1. Zotero
Kelli Doubledee

3. ABOUT
O Reference manager program.
O Designed to run on any operating system
that will run the Firefox web browser (and
now with Chrome and Safari, with a
version for Internet Explorer coming
soon).
O Its word processor plugins work with
Microsoft Word, Open Office and
NeoOffice.
O Automatically backs up citations and files
to the cloud so accessible from any
computer and offline too.

4. ABOUT
O Zotero includes fifteen different bibliographic styles
when first installed, including MLA, APA, Turabian
and four variants of Chicago style, which probably
covers the needs of most writers. Approximately
1400 additional styles are available for download
from zotero.org/styles.
O Created and maintained by researchers for
researchers at George Mason University’s Center
for History and New Media (chnm.gmu.edu) in
Fairfax, VA.
Puckett, J. (2011, June 19). Zotero: A guide for
librarians, researchers and educators [Kindle
Edition]. (Kindle Locations 1135-1137). Amer. Library
Assn.

5. PURPOSE
O Research tool the helps you
O Gather sources
O Organize sources
O Analyze sources (citations, full texts, web
pages, and other objects)
O Research tool that lets you
O Share the results of your research
O Ability to store author, title, and publication
fields and export information
O Ability to interact, tag, and search in
advanced ways

6. Video and Guide Tutorials
O http://www.zotero.org/support/screencast_tutorials/
zotero_tour From Zotero
O http://research.library.gsu.edu/zotero Maintained
by Jason Puckett at Georgia State University
Library

7. Powerful
Easy
Free

8. Open Source Software-
FLOSS
Software made and distributed in this way is also
called “free software.” This label is slightly
ambiguous because of the meanings of the word
“free” in English. It can mean “without cost” (gratis)
or “free to copy and re-use” (libre). Some
advocates have adopted the acronym FLOSS,
“free/libre/open source software” to clarify the
meaning. Zotero is FLOSS: “free” in both senses of
the word.
Puckett, J. (2011, June 19). Zotero: A guide for
librarians, researchers and educators [Kindle
Edition]. (Kindle Locations 173-176). Amer. Library
Assn.

9. For what type of library is
Zotero appropriate?
O Zotero is appropriate for all libraries
including: academic/school, specialty, and
public libraries.

10. Library Usage
Patron Use Library Staff Use
O One click installation.
O Saves time. O Saves time answering
questions required by
O Helps with research other programs.
skills. O Serves as literacy
O Provides
teaching tool.
O Also, could be used for
organization staff research
and sharing
needs
means. O Lists of
information, good
books, tutorials.

12. . Provision of
information in the
manner most
useful to its
Literacy Standards clients is the
ultimate test of
all a library does
RUSA
The Association for College and Research Libraries’ Information
Literacy Competency Standard for Higher Education number 2, Guidelines
performance indicator 5 states that “The information literate for
student extracts, records, and manages the information and its Informatio
sources.” This indicator’s given outcomes include: n Services
1. Selects among various technologies the most appropriate one
for the task of extracting the needed information.
2. Creates a system for organizing the information.
3. Differentiates between the types of sources cited and
understands the elements and correct syntax of a citation for
a wide range of resources
4. Records all pertinent citation information for future reference.
5. Uses various technologies to manage the information
selected and organized.
Puckett, J. (2011, June 19). Zotero: A guide for librarians,
researchers and educators [Kindle Edition]. (Kindle Locations 248-
249). Amer. Library Assn.

13. Advantages
O Add-ins available
http://www.zotero.org/support/plugins
O Includes ability to add Zotero citations to
Wordpress, e-book readers and more.
O Free
O Easy to learn
O Collaboration and sharing

14. Advantages
O Zotero Everywhere, a major new initiative
generously funded by the Andrew W. Mellon
Foundation, is aimed at dramatically
increasing the accessibility of Zotero to the
widest possible range of users today and in
the future. Zotero Everywhere will have two
main components: a standalone desktop
version of Zotero with full integration into a
variety of web browsers and a radically
expanded application programming interface
(API) to provide web and mobile access to
Zotero libraries. Retrieved from
http://www.zotero.org/blog/zoteros-next-big-
step/

15. Advantages
O Providing Zotero support offers libraries an
opportunity to diversify their services and
educate their users in new information tools.
Librarians have found that supporting
reference management software has resulted
in increasing users’ familiarity with other
research tools, increasing awareness of other
instructional services offered by the
libraries, and in general improving visibility of
library services on campus.
Puckett, J. (2011, June 19). Zotero: A guide for
librarians, researchers and educators [Kindle
Edition]. (Kindle Locations 2418-2422). Amer.
Library Assn.

16. Disadvantages
O When new version of Firefox is
downloaded, you have to make sure
Zotero version is compatible (usually
checks for you).
O Learning curve for manually entering
information to show up correctly in citation
style you choose.
O New versions take awhile to go through
debugging period.

17. Other Reference Manager
Programs
O Endnote
http://www.endnote.com/enhome.asp
O Single Windows user $300.00
O Windows work station $1,100.00
O Retrieved from
http://www.endnote.com/enorform.pdf

18. Other Reference Manager
Programs
O RefWorks https://www.refworks.com/
O 1 year subscription includes updates and
changes=$100.00
O Retrieved from
https://www.refworks.com/content/path_lea
rn/purchase.asp

19. Other Reference Manager
Programs
O ProCite http://www.procite.com/
O ProCite 5 Windows Individual-$300.00.
O ProCite Windows User Network-$996.00.
O Retrieved from
http://www.procite.com/pcorderform.pdf

20. References
O ALA, RUSA. (2000, July). Guidelines for
information services. Retrieved from
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/rus
a/resources/guidelines/guidelinesinformati
on.cfm
O Puckett, J. (2011, June 19). Zotero: A
guide for librarians, researchers and
educators [Kindle Edition]. Amer. Library
Assn.
O Zotero (Version 2.1.8) [Computer
Software]. Retrieved from
http://www.zotero.org/