Use Zotero Effectively: a Self-Paced Tutorial

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:

• Add an article from JStor
• Add an article with a PDF from Web of Science or Academic Search Premier
• Additional: Add an article from a database using Subject Guides in a discipline of interest
• Move existing PDFs from your computer into Zotero

In-depth:

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Try it yourself::

• Extract annotations from a PDF

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

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