Zotero/Workshop outline

This is an outline for a hands-on workshop on Zotero adapted (loosely) from the support documentation organization on Zotero's support page.

• Download and install both...
  • Zotero Standalone (a desktop application)
  • At least one Zotero Connector for the browser of your choice
• Getting stuff into Zotero
  • Import from a scholarly search engine, journal, library, etc.
  • Create from scratch/website [1]
  • Attach/link a file from a website
• Organizing documents
  • Collections
  • Tagging
    • Sorting
  • Searching
    • Basic searching
    • Advance searching
    • Saved searching
  • Adding notes
  • Using the built in PDF reader
• Output and exporting (there are many output styles)
  • Drag and drop quick copy
  • Right-click to create bibliography
  • Export subsets
  • Generate reports
  • Integration with Openoffice/Word
  • Generate timelines
• Advanced Features
  • Searching PDFs (look in preferences to add software which can be done automatically)
  • Adding PDFs directly - Drag and drop works, or "store copy of file"
  • Duplicate detection
• Synching
  • Tour of new Zotero website
  • Creation of group libraries including the Berkman Zotero Group
• New Features
  • Zotero Standalone with connectors for Chrome and Safari
  • Zotero Plugins