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Zotero

Zotero /zoʊˈtɛroʊ/ is free and open-source reference management software to manage bibliographic data and related research materials (such as PDF files). Notable features include web browser integration, online syncing, generation of in-text citations, footnotes and bibliographies, as well as integration with the word processors Microsoft Word, LibreOffice, OpenOffice.org Writer and NeoOffice. It is produced by the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University.

Features[edit]

Zotero shows an icon when a resource (book, article, thesis) is being viewed on many websites (such as library catalogs,PubMed, Google Scholar, Google Books, Amazon.com, Wikipedia, and publisher's websites). Clicking this icon saves the full reference information to the Zotero library. Zotero can also save a copy of the webpage, or, in the case of academic articles, a copy of the full text PDF. Users can then add notes, tags, attachments, and their own metadata.
Items are organized through a drag-and-drop iTunes-like interface, and can be searched.
Selections of the local reference library data can later be exported as formatted bibliographies. Furthermore, all entries including bibliographic information and user-created rich-text memos of the selected articles can be summarized into an HTML report.[5]

Citation formatting[edit]

Zotero users can generate citations and bibliographies through word processor plugins, or directly in Zotero, using Citation Style Language styles. The house styles of most academic journals are available in Zotero, and the bibliography can be reformatted with a few clicks. Zotero also allows users to create their own customized citation styles.
Zotero can import and export citations from/to many formats, including Wikipedia Citation Templates,[6] BibTeX, BibLateX,RefWorks, MODS, COinS, Citation Style Language/JSON, refer/BibIX, RIS, TEI, several flavours of RDF, Evernote, andEndNote. Given a choice of several formats, you should prefer RIS as the import option.

Annotation and mobile devices[edit]

Zotero can associate notes with bibliographic items. It can annotate PDFs and sync them with a mobile PDF reader through the Zotfile plugin.[7]

Language support[edit]

Zotero supports more than thirty languages as of 2014.

Product support[edit]

Zotero has no dedicated customer support service, but the Zotero website provides extensive information, including instructional screencasts, troubleshooting tips, a list of known issues, and user forums. Questions and issues raised in the forums are answered quickly, with users and developers suggesting solutions.[8]
Many academic institutions provide Zotero tutorials to their members.

Translators[edit]

Zotero uses 'translators' – short pieces of computer code, or scripts – written by volunteers,[9] to understand the structure of web pages and to parse them into citations using its internal formats.[10] These open-source scripts may be used by third party tools also, for example Wikipedia's 'Citoid' citation generator.[11]

Financial support and awards[edit]

Development of Zotero has been funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and theInstitute of Museum and Library Services, as well as user donations.
Zotero has won awards from PC Magazine, Northwestern University's CiteFest competition, and the American Political Science Association.[12]

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