Online-Seminar

The basic functions of Zotero are practised and explained.
Previous knowledge is not required.
Dates online seminars (in German)

Focal points include:

• structure and operation of Zotero
• literature research in catalogues and databases and automatic
• transfer of literature sources to Zotero
• inserting references into the text or as a footnote with a mouse click
• outputting the bibliography in the desired citation style

Target group

• students of the University of Duisburg-Essen
• academic staff of the UDE
• all interested

 

Download and installation

• Zotero for Windows, Mac und Linux
• Browser-AddOn 'Zotero Connector', to save references and PDF documents directly from the browser in Zotero

Information for iPad users:
To use Zotero on the iPad, please download the Zotero app from the App Store. When using the app for the first time, create a free account with Zotero. The connector is not required on the iPad.

Zotero account

To use and synchronize on different devices, you need a free Zotero account (terms of use, information on data protection). The account can be created with any e-mail address.

If you only want to work locally, a Zotero account is not required.

Space

Local working:
The storage space for bibliographic data is unlimited, attachments such as PDF files can be saved in any size and number.

Working with synchronization between different devices:
The synchronization of bibliographic data ("Data Sync") is unlimited. The synchronization of attachments ("File Sync") is limited to 300 MB with a free account.

Use

• Desktop and online for Windows, Mac and Linux
• Multilingual interface
• Important: Please disable synchronization with other cloud applications (e.g. Sciebo, OneDrive, DropBox, ICloud) while working with Zotero.

Advantages

• Open source program
• Available for many operating systems
• Add-in for MS Word, LibreOffice Writer and Google Docs
• Available as both desktop and web version

Optional adjustment

The plugin for working with your word processing program (Microsoft Word, LibreOffice, GoogleDocs) is automatically installed. For LaTeX we recommend the 'Better BibTeX (BBT)' plugin.

Support

• Quick start guide
• Documentation over Zotero
• Literature management on the go: using Zotero on the iPad" by Florian Hagen, Lizenz: CC BY 4.0

Moodle course

• learn Zotero on your own
• at any time

To the Moodle course (in German)