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Use Zotero Effectively: a Self-Paced Tutorial

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Add PDF Articles

Quick basics:

Zotero: Collecting References (2:44) from McGill University Library

Attachments & Notes (2:02) from McGill University Library

In-depth:

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Do these activities:

Extract PDF Annotations and More

In-depth:

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Try it yourself::

  • Extract annotations from a PDF

Sync and Storage

In-depth:

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Do these activities:

  • Find PDFs on your computer and drag & drop 3-5 at a time into Zotero
    • Manually create citations for those PDFs if necessary by right click --> “create a parent item”
    • Correct mistakes in citations and/or create citations
  • Set up Zotero Sync or use Linked File Attachments for a Cloud Service

PDFs on mobile devices

Quick basics:

Using Zotero on IOS (1:18) from Humboldt University

In-depth:

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Try it:

  • Get Zotero from the Apple App Store and link it to your Zotero account
  • Annotate a PDF
  • Send it back to your Zotero account