USING ZOTERO STANDALONE VERSION
USING ZOTERO WITH MICROSOFT WORD
• Zotero can be used with Microsoft Word andOpenOffice.
• This allow users to insert citation directly from theirword processing software.
• You may find the link to install the plugin onto Zoterohomepage : http://www.zotero.org (refer to nextslide).
• After installation of the plugin you should see this rowof icons in your Microsoft Word toolbar:
• These six buttons allow you to manage references andbibliographies in your Microsoft Word documents.
Click on this Add a plugin
for Word or LibreOffice to
install the plugin.
You may download based on
the operating system of your
computer (Example:
Windows). And click Allow on
the top of your browser page.
A popup will appear, requesting to
install the plugin. Click Install Now.
* You will need to restart your
Firefox after completion of
installation.
Next, in your Microsoft Word
document click on Add-Ins
tab. This will display the
Zotero Plugin
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Zotero Insert Citation:
To insert citation / edit
citation
Zotero Insert Bibliography:
To insert bibliography / edit
bibliography
Zotero Set Documents Preferences:
To insert bibliography / edit
bibliography
To add a reference:
1. Click on the Zotero Insert Citation icon.
2. Choose the bibliographic format you want to use
and click on OK. (In this case – American
Psychological Association 6th edition).
The new Z box will appear.
Click on the Classic View, and the Add/Edit Citation
window will open.
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In the Add/Edit Citation
window:
1. Highlight the citation you
want as a reference.
2. (Optional) add a page
number only if you are
using direct quotations
and copy (table, figures,
diagram).
3. Click OK.
3 American Psychological Association (APA) 6th edition style
references have been addedd to this account.
To create a bibliography, click on the Zotero Insert
Bibliography icon.
Your
bibliography (in
APA format) will
be added
automatically to
the bottom of
the document.
Citation Styles
• One of the basic feature of Zotero is its ability toautomatically format citations and bibliographies.
• It comes with a selection of standard styles (such as APA,Harvard and Vancouver), but various more are availabethrough the online Zotero Style Repository at:http://www.zotero.org/styles
• Visit the Zotero Style Repository and click the “[Install]”link next to the style you wish to install.
Zotero Citation Style Repository
Click on the “Install” link next
to the style you wish to install.
Using Zotero Standalone
This is the option to download the Zotero Standalone 4.0 for Windows to your
own computer hard drive.
It can be sync together with Zotero Firefox cloud version, so that changes in
one programme are automatically transferred to the other.
* You will need to create Zotero account first before you can sync it together.
Next, go to
www.zotero.org/user/register to
register an account with Zotero.
Next, open the Zotero Standalone
version. For your computer, you may find
it listed on the bottom taskbar.
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Click on the Actions tab in the middle,
then select the Preferences.
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In the Zotero Preferences,
select the Sync tab and key
in your registered
Username and Password.
Then click OK.
Click on the Sync with Zotero
Server to sync the citations that
you have save in Zotero Firefox
Cloud.
Once it is sync, your citation will
appear in the middle column of
your Zotero Standalone.
To add more items, once
again in MulT-Search,
select the items to be save
and click OK.
In your Zotero Standalone version, refresh your list of
items by clicking on Sync with Zotero Server. Your new
item will be included in the middle column.
* To insert your in-text citation and reference list /
bibliography, follow the same steps for inserting citation
and reference list using Zotero plugin in Microsoft Word
Additional information
Zotero web account• With Zotero web account, you can synchronize your library,
participate in groups, or post to the support forums.
• The data synchronization transfers library items, notes, links,tags, etc., (except attachment files) between your localcomputer and the Zotero servers.
• This allows you to work with your data from any computerwith the Zotero extension.
• To synchronize your data with the Zotero web server:
Open Zotero's Sync preferences tab > Enter your login
information in the Zotero Sync Server section.
You can use the Zotero Online Library Online
(Webpage) to monitor items that has been save
in your Zotero.
Zotero Groups
Share your own work or sources you have discovered with others who are working
in related areas.
Collaborate with colleagues, publicly or privately, on
ongoing research.
Discover other people with similar interests and the sources they are citing.
Zotero Tutorials
Zotero screencast tutorials
demonstrate numerous
basic functions of Zotero,
such as adding references,
managing your library and
how to insert citation in
Word document.
References
1. Zotero Quick Start Guide.
http://www.zotero.org/support/quick_start_guide
2. George Mason University. Citation Management Tools : Zotero Tutorials
http://infoguides.gmu.edu/citationmanagement/ZoteroTutorials
3. Stanford University Libraries : Zotero
https://library.stanford.edu/research/bibliography-management/zotero