Ok so my recommendation of this tool comes from word of mouth and not personal experience, as I have never used it. But I have used RefWorks and I don’t bother with it anymore because its always hit and miss importing citations from databases. I have heard good things about Zotero though!
I would recommend its use for students who have to manage citations from a lot of different resources (databases, web pages, images, digital objects, etc.) or for those students who are involved in large research projects, directed studies, theses, etc.
Zotero is free. The program uses an Internet Plug-in for importing citations.
The original Zotero works only in Firefox. Zotero 3.0 beta version works on all operating systems, on any browser. Download either version at the link below.
Here is a discussion of Zotero 3.0, the beta version, from Dean Giustini of The Search Principle blog (UBC prof).
http://blogs.ubc.ca/dean/2011/08/here-comes-zotero-3-0-beta-for-a-new-term/
Here is a Beginner’s Guide to Zotero SlideShare presentation.
Here are screencast tutorials.
Comparison of RefWorks/Zotero/Mendeley from The Search Principle.
GTA Technology Topics, Tips & Tricks: Google Advanced Search and Other Tips
GTA Technology Topics, Tips & Tricks: U.S. SOPA & Protect IP Acts – Censorship of the Internet
I’ve rebranded this email series to include “Topics”, to be more inclusive of the scope of technology information I am discussing.
Did you know a group of organizations have declared today, November 16, 2011, as American Censorship Day?
For those of you interested in censorship and copyright infringement you may want to follow what is going on in the United States with the SOPA Act (Stop Online Piracy Act). The infographic below explains it better than I could. Also this video on the Protect IP Act.
I grabbed this SOPA infographic from a WebProNews post.
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