And once it's done you're able to view your current research from any device, access files or links, add notes and more.Īnyone writing an academic paper on all this can quickly generate bibliographies, properly formatted citations and more, mostly just by dragging and dropping (the program includes Word and LibreOffice/ OpenOffice addons to make the process easier). You have to create a free account to set this up, but it only takes a moment, and they don't need anything more than your email address. Your research library is stored centrally, on Zotero's servers. But the best part is most of this content is indexed: type a word or two in the search box and it scans your web content, local files, notes, tags and more, listing any hits. You're able to organise them into "collections" (folders, basically). The link will appear in Zotero's library, and you can then add more, or import local files just by dragging and dropping them onto the program.Įach of your references may be annotated with text notes, tags and more. Once you've set everything up, for instance, adding some web reference is usually as easy as clicking a button in your browser (Firefox, Chrome and Safari are supported). It has many professional features (there are more than 7,000 CSL-based style templates to ensure you get the citation format you need), but the core of the program is simple enough for anyone to use. Make sure it is pointing to the file names “zotero” in the application folder (not “sktop” as that won’t launch the application).Zotero is a powerful tool for managing any research project. The line that really matters is the Command line as that is where the OS will know to look for the Zotero launcher. You can also add an icon for Zotero (I always do), like this one. In the window that pops up, decide where you want to put Zotero (I went with Education) then select “New Item.” You’ll get this window:įill it in with the following information:Ĭommand: /home//Zotero_linux-x86_64/zotero To do this, right-click on the KDE application launcher menu like this: The Zotero website says that you should then run the bundled “set_launcher_icon.” I usually do that, but I still need to add Zotero to my application launcher. I use my /home// folder but it can be any folder with read/write/execute access. Move the resulting folder (Zotero_linux-x86_64) to a directory where you’ll want to run Zotero from. Second, untar (i.e., unzip) the folder inside the tar.gz compressed file. Here’s my method for installing Zotero so I can launch it from the KDE application menu.įirst, download the tar.gz file from Zotero. With Mac and Windows, you can download executable files to install Zotero. As of the latest major milestone release (5.0), Zotero has moved to standalone software exclusively (they no longer piggyback on Firefox). The software has become much more robust over time. I’ve used Zotero to manage my collection of books, articles, and other citations since Zotero was released.
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