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[http://www.zotero.org/ Zotero] is an [http://www.zotero.org/support/dev/start opensource] citation manager that works from within your browser or as a standalone software. It stores both scientific papers as well as web pages in a database with the possibility of PDF attachments. The local bibliography can be synced and shared. Using plugins references can be inserted into [http://www.zotero.org/support/word_processor_integration word processors] to generate bibliographies. | [http://www.zotero.org/ Zotero] is an [http://www.zotero.org/support/dev/start opensource] citation manager that works from within your browser or as a standalone software. It stores both scientific papers as well as web pages in a database with the possibility of PDF attachments. The local bibliography can be synced and shared. Using plugins references can be inserted into [http://www.zotero.org/support/word_processor_integration word processors] to generate bibliographies. | ||
== Description == | == Description == | ||
[[Image:Zotero tab screenshot.png|right|thumb|300px|An example of Zotero working from within the browser. It is opened and closed like a drawer from the bottom of the window.]] | |||
Zotero is a reference and citation database extension to your browser. In the past Zotero worked only with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox Firefox] but integration with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome Chrome] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safari_%28web_browser%29 Safari] has been announced for the version 3.0 beta [http://www.zotero.org/support/3.0] in 2011. With the same release, a standalone version of Zotero was also included [http://www.zotero.org/support/3.0#zotero_standalone]. | Zotero is a reference and citation database extension to your browser. In the past Zotero worked only with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox Firefox] but integration with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome Chrome] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safari_%28web_browser%29 Safari] has been announced for the version 3.0 beta [http://www.zotero.org/support/3.0] in 2011. With the same release, a standalone version of Zotero was also included [http://www.zotero.org/support/3.0#zotero_standalone]. | ||
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== Comments == | == Comments == | ||
Compared to the many windows in a separate piece of bibliography software, Zotero makes storing references many clicks faster. Syncing is great to keep your references up-to-date across several computers, sharing makes it possible to curate a common lab database of papers. Integration with ''Word'' worked fine for me although you have to be careful not to update to browser versions that are not yet supported by the Zotero plugins. Fewer citation styles are available than for some older citation managers but I found the ones that I needed and ''.ens styles'' from Endnote can be imported [http://www.zotero.org/support/styles#citation_style_language_csl_files_and_ens_style_files]. This is currently my system of choice. --[[User:Jakob Suckale|- JS]] 06:45, 7 October 2011 (EDT) | * Compared to the many windows in a separate piece of bibliography software, Zotero makes storing references many clicks faster. Syncing is great to keep your references up-to-date across several computers, sharing makes it possible to curate a common lab database of papers. Integration with ''Word'' worked fine for me although you have to be careful not to update to browser versions that are not yet supported by the Zotero plugins. Fewer citation styles are available than for some older citation managers but I found the ones that I needed and ''.ens styles'' from Endnote can be imported [http://www.zotero.org/support/styles#citation_style_language_csl_files_and_ens_style_files]. This is currently my system of choice. --[[User:Jakob Suckale|- JS]] 06:45, 7 October 2011 (EDT) | ||
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Latest revision as of 04:15, 7 October 2011
Zotero is an opensource citation manager that works from within your browser or as a standalone software. It stores both scientific papers as well as web pages in a database with the possibility of PDF attachments. The local bibliography can be synced and shared. Using plugins references can be inserted into word processors to generate bibliographies.
Description
Zotero is a reference and citation database extension to your browser. In the past Zotero worked only with Firefox but integration with Chrome and Safari has been announced for the version 3.0 beta [1] in 2011. With the same release, a standalone version of Zotero was also included [2].
The database uses translators to collect the typical information of scientific papers directly from the web pages of common databases like PubMed and Google Scholar. Items in your local database can be synced with the Zotero server for free up to a storage limit which is not easily reached with the few bytes of text required for each reference. Databases can also be shared via this server between colleagues and within labs both privately and publicly.
Zotero, as of 2011, works with Microsoft Word and OpenOffice via plugins to generate bibliographies according to various citation styles.
Creators
Zotero is being developed by a core team at the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University together with volunteers from all over the globe. Funding comes from the United States Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. See also [3].
Comments
- Compared to the many windows in a separate piece of bibliography software, Zotero makes storing references many clicks faster. Syncing is great to keep your references up-to-date across several computers, sharing makes it possible to curate a common lab database of papers. Integration with Word worked fine for me although you have to be careful not to update to browser versions that are not yet supported by the Zotero plugins. Fewer citation styles are available than for some older citation managers but I found the ones that I needed and .ens styles from Endnote can be imported [4]. This is currently my system of choice. --- JS 06:45, 7 October 2011 (EDT)
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