Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Research, not re-search with Zotero

There is a new software tool available to gather, organize, and cite your references.

Zotero is an extension that works only with the Firefox Web browser.
You can download Firefox for free: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/
Extremely user-friendly, Zotero goes beyond storing the author, title, and publication fields, and
exporting them into a bibliography. It has the ability to:

  • Detect when you are viewing a book, article, or other object on the Web. Find and automatically save the full reference information in the correct fields.
  • Annotate and/or archive entire Web pages.
  • Save records and notes in a variety of languages.
  • Tag and store information for easy retrieval.
  • Easily export that information into MS Word or EndNote.
  • Communicate with the software already installed on your computer (such as Microsoft Word).
  • Be used offline.

Zotero has a myriad of additional features well worth investigating.

Best of all, it is completely free and available for download from http://www.zotero.org/.