Zotero is a reference manager that can help you organise your research and collaborate with others.
With Zotero, you can:
It takes a lot of the hard work out of formatting references, leaving you more time for writing and less time stressing about the punctuation.
Everything you need to get started with Zotero can be downloaded from https://www.zotero.org/
Quick download and installation guidance.
The following video was created by librarians in the Faculty of Education. The first two minutes are specific to Education and their Moodle page. Start at 1:50 for more general information. The video uses APA as an example of a referencing style, but Zotero supports multiple styles and you can choose your preferred style during the set up process.
Video contents
Introduction:
Adding items to your Zotero Library
Creating references
Contact your faculty or college librarian, a list of Cambridge libraries can be found on the Libraries Directory
A number of libraries offer Zotero training, and more information, including booking links is available here.
ZotFile is a Zotero plug-in to help manage your attachments - rename, move, and attach PDFs (or other files) to Zotero items, sync PDFs from your Zotero library to your (mobile) PDF reader, and extract annotations from PDFs.
Use Bookmarklet to save items to your online Zotero library on mobile devices or browsers without the Zotero connector installed.
An extension for Zotero that helps manage bibliographic data. This is especially useful for people writing documents using text based toolchains such as BibTeX.
See a full list of available plug-ins on the Zotero support pages.
- University of Cambridge: Plagiarism and Academic Misconduct
- Research Data Management Guidance
- Zotero Knowledge Base
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