Research and referencing
Zotero
Referencing your reading in your work demonstrates that you have conducted a thorough and appropriate literature search. Reference management software helps you to record the details of the information you find and to generate lists of citations and a bibliography.
Your librarian can support you with using reference management tools.
Zotero [zoh-TAIR-oh] is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share your research sources.
- Capture referencing data using ISBNs or DOIs
- Intelligent web browser add-on for digital resources
- Organise resources into different collections
- Microsoft Word add-in
- Generate citations in a huge variety of referencing styles
- Automatically generate bibliographies
- Export to EndNote and RefWorks
Zotero is available to download from the Software Hub.
More helpful videos:
- Zotero (Pt. 1) Adding references using a web browser connector
- Zotero (Pt. 2): installation, and adding books to your Zotero library
- Zotero (Pt. 3): pulling reference information from PDF files
- Zotero (Pt. 4): creating and editing reference records in Zotero
- Zotero (Pt. 5): filing and organisation in Zotero
- Zotero (Pt. 6): adding notes and tags, and quick bibliography export.
- Zotero (Pt. 7): using the Zotero for Word Plugin to add and edit citations
- Zotero (Pt. 8): editing your Zotero bibliography in Microsoft Word
- Zotero (Pt. 9): using Zotero online
ClaroCapture
Use ClaroCapture to capture text and images (including a clip of the whole screen and export to Word, PowerPoint and ClaroIdeas (Claro’s MindMapping program), or any other program using the clipboard, for project building.
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