Zotero
Getting started in the management of bibliographic references
Description
Goal: To organize and cite your bibliographic references with Zotero
Description: You need to create a bibliography for an academic thesis, an article? You wish to manage your reference in the best way? Two different workshop formats offer a complete introduction into the free and open source reference management software Zotero.
Public: Students, PhD students, Post-Docs and Faculty
Note: If you hesitate between EndNote and Zotero, our comparison will help you to choose the most suitable software for your needs.
Zotero: complete workshop
Format:
- 90 min. workshop
- registration needed
- some sessions in English
Program:
- Import references in Zotero from various bibliographic databases
- Add fulltext to your references
- Organize your Zotero library
- Create in-text citations and a bibliography with Zotero and its Word plugin
Prerequisite: you need to install on your laptop Zotero and the connector for your browser: https://www.zotero.org/download/ (in Uni Arve, Uni Bastions and Uni CMU, possibility to use the computers in the training room)
Installation guidelines (in French)
Zotero step by step
Format:
- series of 7 online workshops of ~20mn
- 7 consecutive Thursdays from Nov 4 to Dec 16, at 1:15PM
- exercises proposed at the end of the session, practice between sessions and resolution of problems encountered at the beginning of the next session
- registration needed, possibility to register to all 7 sessions or to those of your choice
Program:
- Install, configure, familiarize yourself with the interface
- Import references
- Attach and manage PDFs
- Organize your references
- Cite references and generate a bibliography
- Synchronize, share and backup your library
- Your last questions about Zotero
Forthcoming sessions
Registration
Zotero complete workshop: link to the registration form
Zotero step by step: link to the registration form