ZOTERO
Fundamentals
Mgr. Aleš Peřina, Ph.D.
Contactfor the topic Physical factors of the
environment
What is the Zotero?
• Open-source platform managing your citation and
bibliographies
• Citation: recording about the source you had
used in your own work
• Bibliography: list of the citation, usually at the
end of you document
• Why do it?
• Modern medicine is based on the information.
• The good citation practice is the best way how
to prevent plagiarism.
Step 1
• Create your own account at https://www.zotero.org
• Use is totally free.
• The desktop version and add-on for the Firefox browser
can be downloaded there (not required).
Step 2
• After successful login, go to the "Web library"
tab in the top menu
• Use the magic wand to create your first quote
• Enter the web address (URL) from which
you had used or another identifier of your
work (e.g. ISBN of the book, DOI of the
scientific article, etc.)
• The system will take care of the correct
recording of all necessary data
Step 3
• The records you want to export
mark using you PC mouse and use
button "Create bibliography"
Step 4
• Choose a citation style (experimentation
is allowed here).
• The Masaryk University uses the ISO-
690 standard but it is not a
requirement for this purpose.
• Using the button "Copy to clipboard"
move the bibliography to the text editor
or your presentation
If you prefer desktop
version
• In menu Edit – Preferences select your
preferred citation style
• Insert the recording using the magic wand
tool like the web version of the program
• Create bibliography by the shortcut
Ctrl+Shift+C
If using a browser add-
on
• While working, you must have the Zotero application
running on your computer at the same time
• On the web page you want to cite, press the "Save to
Zotero" button in the top menu of buttons.
• To create the bibliography is done in the desktop
application using the shortcut s Ctrl+Shift+C