HiROS Skills Session - Zotero

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1. Skills session #6:
2. Do you even manage citations? o Let’s see… o Go to this page: http://etc.ch/HMNk
3. What is zotero? o zotero [zo-TAIR-oh] is a free, open-source research tool that helps you collect, organize, share and analyse research o It interacts with online resources and can automatically extract and save a complete bibliographic reference for your citations o It runs both as a web service and offline on your personal devices
4. zotero rundown Groups and collections Item tools Search functions Locate items Sync status Item information Add new collection Add new group
5. zotero rundown Manually add new items… or add attachments to existing items… or locate existing items
6. Why use zotero? o It’s great for automatically downloading citations with the chrome extension o It’s great for separating citations out into groups/collections based on subject matter or reason for use o It’s great for locating papers online or locally o It’s great for generating BibTeX files automatically
7. Downsides of zotero? o There is no extension for Firefox or explorer o Sometimes it cannot get all of the item’s metadata o Make sure that all of the metadata you want is in the item info panel, otherwise you can add it manually o Sometime the default BibTeX file can include characters that LaTex doesn’t like o It generates automatic citation keys which may clash with your existing preference – the style is: [author surname]_[title first word/phrase]_[year] o There’s a fix for this with the Better BibTeX add-on
8. Chrome plug-in for zotero (1/4) o The chrome extension for zotero is a powerful feature which allows you to quickly save items into your zotero account o This method bypasses manually saving individual BibTeX entries or adding items into zotero manually +
9. Chrome plug-in for zotero (2/4)
10. Chrome plug-in for zotero (3/4)
11. Chrome plug-in for zotero (4/4)
12. Generating a BibTex file (1/3) Right click
13. Generating a BibTex file (2/3)
14. Generating a BibTex file (3/3)
15. zotero across all devices (1/2) o Preferences o Sync o Sign in with your zotero account credentials o (you can make an account on the zotero website)
16. zotero across all devices (2/2) Syncing allows you to access all of your items from any of your computers
17. Better BibTeX for zotero o Preferences -> Better BibTeX (only visible after you have installed the add-on) o Change citation keys to whatever format you prefer by using the format functions o See: https://retorque.re/zotero-better-bibtex/citation-keys/ o To restore back to zotero default, either turn off Better BibTeX or use [zotero:clean] function
18. Useful links o zotero (+ chrome extension) download: https://www.zotero.org/download/ o Alternative installation for Ubuntu: https://askubuntu.com/questions/332109/how-to-install-zotero-in-ubuntu o zotero account: https://www.zotero.org/user/login/ o Better BibTeX installation: https://retorque.re/zotero-better-bibtex/installation/ o Better BibTeX cite key format functions: https://retorque.re/zotero-better- bibtex/citation-keys/