ME-5398 TECHNICAL REPORT WRITING &

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Zotero (Citation & Reference Manager) 1

Dr. Muhammad Ajmal

Associate Professor, Agricultural Engineering Department
University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar
Introduction to Zotero 2

❑ Is a free reference management software that allows you to:

❑ Store bibliographic details of your sources.
❑ Store PDF versions of your articles.
❑ Automate formatting of your in-text citations and reference list through plug-in
into MS Word.
❑ However, auto-generated citations are NOT always error-free. It is best to cross-
check against the prescribed format of your chosen Reference Style.
❑ Free storage limited up to 300 MB.
Major Source: https://np-sg.libguides.com/CitingResources
Download Zotero 3

Go to
www.zotero.org/
Install Zotero Connector 4

Go to
Install Zotero Connector to
Automatically Add Web
Resources
Install Zotero Connector 5

Step 3: Once downloaded, a

Zotero tab and a Zotero ribbon
will be added in MS Word

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Install Zotero Connector 6

When the Zotero software is open,

the Zotero Connector icon “Z” will
appear at the right-hand corner of
Google Web page

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Zotero Interface 7

Open Zotero from your

Desktop Icon and

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Zotero Interface

Resources
Libraries
Panel which Meta data
Panel which
contains articles, contains
contains
books, web pages information
folders of
etc. stored in about your
your research
your Zotero resources
collection
Folders

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Creating your Zotero Library
Click the folder
with a + sign

Name the folder with

your preferred research
topic and hit “OK”

Click on the relevant folder which can be filled with

citation details. Each folder is like a ‘mini-library’
that can contain relevant sources.

(NOTE: Keep Zotero open and the desired folder

clicked before filling in entries from various sources,
e.g. Lib Catalogue, Google Scholar, and Web)
Automatically Export entries from 10

1. Google Scholar
2. Directly from Websites
3. Academics Databases (like ProQuest)
Automatically export entries from Scholar Google 11

Click this Icon

Automatically export entries from Scholar Google
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RefMan will save your

file to the Zotero After Clicking RefMan, this window
will open if Zotero connector is
installed. Select Library in which
you want to save this reference
Automatically export entries from other sources
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Directly exporting the reference

the Journal webpage, book page,
webpage etc.
Inserting Citation in Word from Zotero 14

Click this Icon to bring citation Click this Icon which will open
to the word file options to the left top corner
Inserting Citation in Word from Zotero 15

After clicking the above

icon it will open a
window asking for your
preferred style of
citation and references Select style of your
choice If your preferred style is not
available, then click here to
add new style in this list
Inserting Citation in Word from Zotero 16

If your preferred style is not

available, then click here to
add new style in this list
Inserting Citation in Word from Zotero 17

Search here for new style

Citation and Its Importance 18

Watch a Short Video

Source: https://npsg.libguides.com/CitingResources
Citation and Its Importance 19
Insert citations in MS Word 20

Clicking the above icon will open this search bar. Write the first
author name from the saved items in the Zotero. Otherwise
change to classic view to search from the list of saved items
Insert References List in MS Word
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Add List of
References
Insert References List in MS Word
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Change to any style

of reference in one
click from here
Insert References List in MS Word
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If there are some errors in

citation or references list,
then press unlink at the
end and make manual
editing if required
Other functions in Zotero
1. Manually add records in
Zotero library
4. Attach PDF items or
links to each resource

3. Add notes or
2. Search items using annotations on
identifiers (DOI, ISBN) reference entries
(NOTE: DOI is short for digital object
identifier. It is given to materials
legitimately published online)

5. Link resources to
different online sources

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Exporting Library from other Citation Managers
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Exporting Library from other Citation Managers

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Save it as RefMan
(RIS) Export File and
save where do you
want
Importing Library from other Citation Managers

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Import the saved file

(Library) in the
Previous Step to
Zotero
Importing Library from other Citation Managers

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Save all selected

references as Excel file
with complete
database

Exporting your
selected items to
references mangers
Practical Demonstration 29

The software will be demonstrated Practically for

proper guidance
Try Zotero Now and Enjoy Your Auto-Generated
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Citation and References List

Thank You