Zotero
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Zotero detecting bibliographic information from embedded COinS on an experimental Wikipedia page |
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Maintainer: | Center for History and New Media |
Stable release: | 1.0.0rc3 (24 August 2007) [] |
Preview release: | SVN [] |
OS: | Cross-platform |
Use: | Reference management software |
License: | ECL |
Website: | Zotero |
Zotero is a free, open source extension for the Firefox browser, that enables users to collect, manage, and cite research from all types of sources from the browser. It is partly a piece of reference management software, used to manage bibliographies and references when writing essays and articles. On many major research websites such as digital libraries, Google Scholar, or even Amazon.com, Zotero detects when a book, article, or other resource is being viewed and with a mouse click finds and saves the full reference information to a local file. If the source is an online article or web page, Zotero can optionally store a local copy of the source. Users can then add notes, tags, and their own metadata through the in-browser interface. Selections of the local reference library data can later be exported as formatted bibliographies.
The program is produced by the Center for History and New Media of George Mason University and is currently available in public beta. It is open and extensible, allowing other users to contribute citation styles and site translators, and more generally for others who are building digital tools for researchers to expand the platform. [1] The name is from Albanian language "to master".
It is aimed at replacing the more cumbersome traditional reference management software, originally designed to meet the demands of offline research.
References
- ^ "Firefox Scholar Released (Now Called Zotero)" by Jeffrey R. Young Chronicle of Higher Education, The Wired Campus, Oct. 31, 2006