Friday, June 11, 2010

Zotero: helping students research, cite, and share

I've heard about Zotero, but the name just wasn't catchy enough to make me want to look it up. Then I saw it mentioned again, and then again, so I figured I'd better check it out, especially if it claims to help gather and organize research, as well as create citations. I see the benefit for students, naturally, but even for me as I am going to attempt to find some time in my life's insanity to try to publish more. So, what this place does is allow you to download it using FIREFOX (which, I think, is superior to Internet Explorer) and it sits in the background. Then a little red "Z" appears on your screen. When you click it, well, how about this, I'll just let you watch this video to see how it works. There's also a plug-in for Microsoft Word that will automatically create reference pages for you. Here's a video about how the plug in works! Enjoy and share this with your students!

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