Zotero User Guide
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1. in a specific collection that is a collection is highlighted in the left column rather than My Library the references will be copied to that location as well as your overall library Select which items you d like to add to your library v Shakespeare s Addictions Shabespeare Onstage in England 2004 2005 arly Shakespeare Criticiam Charles Gildan and th john Shakespeare A Pap st or just Penn less Rewew Shakespeare Rearranged Playing Figids or Killing Fields Shakespeare s Poom Imitation versus Contestation Walcott s Postcaloni _ Contugium interruptum in Shakespeare and Webster The Drama in Rags Shakespeare Reception in Eight Selecta Deselectal Zotero senses information through site translators Zotero s translators should work with most library catalogs some popular websites such as Amazon and the New York Times and many gated databases Just look for icons in the location bar The Zotero team will be adding support for additional sites over time You need not check back here for these extra translators they will be automatically added to your Zotero installation every so often Archiving Web Pages To archive a page click the Create New Item From Current Page icon led This will archive a copy of the page in your library To see the page as it was on the day you captured it double click the snapshot icon associated with the file as shown below v D William Sh2. thread Style Request name of style Be sure to include the following information Get your style s details Similar style What existing style is closest to the style you need Take a look at the list of styles in the style repository and uncheck the Show dependent styles check box You can hover your mouse over the style links to preview citations in each of those styles You can also paste chrome zotero content tools cslpreview xul into your Firefox location bar to launch a preview of selected items from your Zotero library in all the styles you currently have installed Find the one that is closest to your style Differences from similar style The next step is to itemize the precise differences that need to be implemented to make that existing style into the style you need Doing this will give the creation of the style a big jump start The most time consuming part of style creation is not the technical part but understanding how a style works and how it differs from existing styles The less a volunteer has to do to figure that out the more likely it is they can help Link to style guide Find a reputable web page that describes your style and post a link to it in your request If there is no good link contact the organization that supplies the style guide and request better documentation Failing that post a link to a freely available copy of a work that follows the specific style Follow your thread Subscribe
3. 1988 Manovich 2002 Poitier 2000 Multi Citations Becker 2003 Bowler 1988 Manovich 2002 Poitier 2000 we ue bd Eg s O0 DRaa s Search Collections Title Creator Type Date Added D R 1 Von Humbolt T The Heavenly Ci Becker Book 10722708 L 1 f gt E blog 5 The Language o Manovich Book 10 22 08 1 1 gt _ Book Catalog Project 0 a The Measure of Poitier Book 10 22 081 1 gt FirstPast I The Non Darwi Bowler Book 10 25 08 2 1 gt _ Flickr Monument Photos The Non Desig Williams and Tol Book 10 21 08 1 1 4 items selected Finding Additional Style Files 1 Visit http www zotero org styles 2 Mouse over some styles to preview them 3 Install a few new styles Zotero Style Repository Default Styles These styles are distributed automatically to Zotero clients e American Medical Association Install 2008 05 08 19 00 00 American Political Science Association Install 2008 12 23 06 40 00 American Psychological Association Install 2008 12 23 06 40 00 Americ Citation e Chicag Chicag 1 e Chica 1 Bibliograph Chicag verepay Harvar 1 Hartman F Bezos JP Kaphan 5 Spiegel J Method and system for placing a purchase order IEEE via a communications network Internet 1999 Sep 28 cited 2008 Oct 4 Available from a http www patentstorm us patents 5960411 tml Mode Modery 2 Hogue CW Str
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5. Zotero User Guide Getting things into Zotero Zotero offers users a variety of ways to capture import and archive item information and files On this page you will learn how to collect information on books journal articles and websites with a single click and then easily store related PDFs images links whole web pages and any other files alongside that information inside your Zotero library Automatically Capture Bibliographic Information From the Web Perhaps the most important feature of Zotero is its ability to sense when you are looking at an item or items on a web page For instance if you are looking at the record for a book on an online library catalog Zotero s book icon will appear in Firefox s location bar at the top of the browser window where the current web address or URL appears like so es A a i A T http catalog loc gov cgi bin Pwebrecon cgivl EY Simply click on the book icon and Zotero will save all of the citation information about that book into your library The Zotero pane does not have to be open for this to work If you are looking at a group of items e g a list of search results from Google Scholar or LexisNexis a folder will appear Clicking on the folder will produce a list of items with check boxes next to them choose the ones you want to save and Zotero will do the rest Ley IG http scholar google com scholar q shakespear Y a If you are currently working
6. akespeare Wikipedia the free encyclopedia E William Shakespeare Wikipedia the free encyclopedia l Manually Adding Items Zotero s automatic captures make it easy to work with web resources but not everything you need to use in your research is online Zotero makes it easy to manually add items as well Click on the green plus icon in the center column Select the type of item you want to create from the drop down menu You can view more item types at the bottom of the menu If the options do not fit your item exactly try to find the kind of item that would contain the same fields Once you select an item type a blank item of that type will appear in your center column You can then manually enter the bibliographic information into the right column Click on any of the fields in the right column to begin entering your information If you have additional authors you can click on the next to the first author to add additional fields When you have finished entering the metadata you can drag in attachments Organizing and Annotating Items Using Collections Collections gt My Library Y Shakespeare Criticism Y S The Plays Comedies a Histories Ea Tragedies Zotero allows you to organize your records into collections Kach collection might correspond to a research project or a specific area of interest Your organized collection folders will be in the left column of your Zotero pane and the center
7. column will show the contents of those collections Unlike traditional filing systems Zotero allows a single item to be in multiple collections at the same time In this sense your collections are more like playlists in rlunes than folders in a filling cabinet This allows you to organize the same item in different ways to suit your needs My Library will always contain a master list of all of your records If you delete a record from My Library it will disappear completely from your collection Creating a New Collection Click on the New Collection icon above the left column You will be prompted to title the collection You can also add sub collections within collections by creating a new collection then dragging it into a collection You can then add items to this collection either by dragging them from the center column over to the new collection or by importing the item to Zotero while the collection is open highlighted Adding Items to Other Collections Items can be added to other collections by dragging the item from the center column to the desired collection folder in the left column This does not duplicate the item in My Library Renaming a Collection Right click on the collection control click on Mac and select Rename Collection from the drop down menu A dialog will prompt you to give the collection a new name Using Tags Tagging is an easy way to categorize items by attaching d
8. es Most users don t like to just read and gather sources they like to take notes on them We ve all got little scribbles in the margins of books on post its and on notepads real and virtual Zotero makes it easy to keep all those annotations jots and notes in one place and all searchable The ability to record notes about library items is essential to conducting useful research Notes allow you to relate items to your own studies write down brainstorms and highlight important passages You may agree then that the most obvious way to organize notes in Zotero is as attachments to library items Let s say you have Michelangelo s The Last Judgment in your Zotero library and wish to make a note about the location of the artist s self portrait hidden in the fresco Obviously this isn t the sort of thing where you can just scribble in the margins the Sistine Chapel would probably object and it wouldn t be very portable anyway To create an attached note first select The Last Judgment in Zotero s center column In the right column you would then click on the Notes tab then the Add button Info Notes Attachments Tags Related 1 note Add o Michelangelo appears in self portrait as the flaye Michelangelo appears in self portrait as the Last Judgment BE Z7 U acl x A B ce t i _ E E F Format i ichelangelo appears in self portrait as the flayed flesh of St arth
9. escriptive words to them You can tag your information with whatever relevant keyword or term you would like associated with that given item These tags allow you to sift through your information in a personal way by the categories that you deem relevant Adding Tags Tags hit the button Then type your tag Once you have added the tag you will see it has also been added to the tag selector box in the left column To add a tag to an item simply select the tab in the right column and Using the Tag Selector Ea 2 Located in the bottom left hand corner of Galections the Zotero pane the tag selector adds an My Library additional layer of information b Shakespeare management to complement the collection and search systems You can toggle the tag selector in and out of view by clicking the Apreciation Criticism Drama the show hide tag selector button The tag Psychological aspects Shakespeare selector updates its inventory from tags Stage History Theater Audiances a you place on individual items in your Tragedies Library By clicking on any of the tags you Display all tags can filter the items within your Library Filter e collections and saved searches by as many Wtage colocted d or as few tags as you like The tag selector defaults to showing all the tags on items in the current folder When you click on a given tag the center column updates to display only the items with that
10. hese automatic tags in the same way that you manage the tags you add manually It is possible though to exclude automatically added tags from the tag selector or to prevent them from being imported in the first place Finding and Searching In Zotero Zotero provides a variety of options to ensure that you are never more than a few seconds away from the exact information you need In this document you will learn about Zotero s sorting and searching functionality With just a few clicks you can sort any of your collections by what ever criteria you need You can also quickly execute basic searches through your entire collection Beyond these two quick options you can also set up advanced searches to make much more refined searches through your entire collection You can also view screencasts detailing these functions Sorting Zotero s sorting functions make it easy to quickly find items in your library and collections If you prefer you can also watch the sorting screencast Creator nal gt Errata The License for Shakesp a Errata The License for Shakesp pay To sort items in a collection click on any of the information categories at the top of the middle column For example if you click on Title all your items will be sorted alphabetically by title If you click on Title again the v Creator order will be reversed Similarly if you click on Creator your Type Date items will be
11. l formats If you have these references in a bibliographic database export them to an intermediate format such as RIS or BibTeX and then import the references into Zotero Will I be able to use Zotero with Internet Explorer or some other browser No We cannot reproduce the functionality of Zotero in most other browsers due to their lack of equivalent support for extensions Many of Zotero s advanced features such as the ability to sense and grab citations from web pages are only possible because Firefox exposes all of its underlying functionality to extension developers Microsoft and many other browser creators don t allow extension developers to call on more than a tiny fraction of their code This explanation may be no solace for inveterate IE users but we hope that IE users who like the functionality of Zotero will give Firefox a try Why don t see a Zotero icon in the address bar while viewing a web page Zotero senses information on web pages through site translators and a Zotero icon will only appear if a site translator recognizes the page being viewed Zotero s translators should work with most library catalogs popular websites such as Amazon and the New York Times and many gated databases For more information or for some sites to try out see the compatible site list If a site isn t currently supported or a translator isn t working you can still save any web document though you may need to fill in some de
12. l of Zotero s documentation You can use the search box at the top of every documentation page or the search box right here Step Four Search through the forums If searching through Zotero s documentation fails to resolve your issue search through Zotero s forums Try several searches with related keywords Step Five Post a message to the forums If you have searched through the documentation and forums but simply cannot find an answer to your question the next step is to post a message to the Zotero Forums Zotero s developers as well as many advanced Zotero community members read and respond to forum posts By asking questions in the forums you access the broader experience of the Zotero community and also make solutions publicly available for other users who may have the same questions If you are reporting a bug please follow the bug reporting procedures If you are reporting an issue with a site translator please make sure you have gone through the steps involved in troubleshooting translator issues Keep Up With Development You can follow Zotero s development and browse the tools source code through the projects open code repository We will take a look at a ticket in the tracking system https www zotero org trac ticket 1353 zoterodev er Login Preferences Help Guide About Trac Previous Ticket Next Ticket Ticket 1353 new enhancement Nature translator does not work on news articles Opened 11 hours ago
13. ll down to Templates and Add ins and make sure that the box for Zotero dot is checked When you would like to cite something from your collection click the first button Zotero Insert Citation r 8 If this is the first citation you have added to the document the Document Preferences window will open Chose the bibliographic format you would like to use from the list and click OK Once you have chosen a format the Add Citation window will pop up Sort through your collection in this window and select the item or items you would like to cite You can add the specific page number in the text box at the bottom of the window Add Edit Citation Search Collections Tit Creator My Library bal Cokradge s Siakeaptardan Crit iri Colin idge E a SFehet pede a Literature as an interpretation of Life tigen i Shukespeere Crnica An Essay in Syn fale rice E shakespeare s Politics Mor is bal Chakeigcart Theory and Pertoemanice Bikiak el Shakespeare The invention of the Human Moom Shakeseere s Purpose in Timon of Athir Wetter The infwence of the Classa on Eeglis ir eet Prefix Pipe TT Suffin _ Suppress Author Show Editar Multiple Sources cence f 4 If you would like to preview the citation click on show editor the button You will then see the edit citation box at the bottom of the add citation window When you click OK you should now see a properly formatted citation in your docu
14. ment To generate a bibliography from all the items you have referenced click the Zotero Insert Bibliography button The edit citation s and edit bibliography buttons allow you to edit citations and bibliographies you have already inserted into your documents Click inside a citation or bibliography and click either button to edit The fifth button Zotero Refresh L updates your references with any changes in your Zotero collection E will open the Document Preferences window again allowing you to change the bibliographic style for the entire document on the fly Zotero Frequently Asked Questions How do back up my Zotero library The best way to back up your Zotero library is to close Firefox and then copy the zotero folder within your Firefox profile directory to an external drive The Zotero folder holds your database and all the related files images PDFs webpages etc You can locate your Zotero data by going to the Zotero preferences under the Actions gear icon menu and clicking Show data directory in the Advanced pane By backing up this directory you will back up your entire Zotero library If something drastic happens hard drive melts computer is stolen etc you can simply place your archived backup zotero folder into your new Firefox profile with Firefox closed When you open Firefox your Zotero library will be there waiting for you after you reinstall Zote
15. nclude HTML tags in your quick copy Right Click to Create Bibliography To create a bibliography in Zotero highlight one or more references and then right click or control click on Macs to select Create Bibliography from Selected Item s Then select a citation style for your bibliography format and choose one of the following four ways to create your bibliography e Save as RTF will allow you to save the bibliography as a rich text file e Save as HTML will allow you to save the bibliography as an HTML file for viewing in a web browser This format will also embed metadata allowing other Zotero users viewing the document to capture bibliographic information e Save to Clipboard will allow you to save the bibliography to your clipboard to paste into any text field e Print will send your bibliography straight to a printer Word Processor Integration Zotero s Microsoft Word and OpenOffice plugins offer you the most control for creating bibliographies These plugins allow you to add in text citations and footnotes in addition to bibliographies Once the plugin is installed you should see a row of icons in your Microsoft 13 13 rE ra ia Mi 5 EF Word toolbar These four buttons allow you it i to manage references in your Microsoft Word documents If you do not see them try checking the Templates and Add ins window Select Tools from the dropdown menu at the top of your screen pu
16. nd reliable method The quickest and most reliable way to find your Zotero data directory is through the Show Data Directory button in the Advanced tab of your Zotero Preferences window By default Zotero data is stored within your Firefox profile in these OS dependent directories Ona Mac Users lt username gt Library Application Support Firefox Profiles lt randomstring gt zotero On Windows 2000 X P C Documents and Settings lt username gt Application Data Mozilla Firefox Profiles lt randomstring gt zotero On Windows Vista C Users lt User Name gt AppData Roaming Mozilla Firefox Profiles lt randomstring gt zotero If you have selected a custom data directory in the Advanced pane of the Zotero prefs your data will be stored elsewhere The Show Data Directory button will always reveal the data directory currently in use Warning Before you copy delete or move any of these files be sure that Firefox is closed Failure to close Firefox before moving these files could result in damage to your data What are the differences between Links and Snapshots When you save a link Zotero stores only the page title URL and access date and you need to return to the site to view the page content When you save a snapshot Zotero saves a copy of the page as it currently exists and archives it on your computer Can save a page that does not have a Zotero icon in the location bar at the top of my Firefo
17. olemew Reflects Michelangelo s displeasure with the painting s commission Pietro Aretino no friend of Michelangelo s portrays St Bartholomew Biagio de Cesena another rival appears as a figure in the underworld Related click here Tags click here _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ x K K7 gt gt This will open the note editor in a separate window Simply enter in your note and it will be saved as you type so you may close the window whenever you wish You may have noticed that back in the Zotero pane your note has been added to the Notes tab for The Last Judgement and in the center column as an associated child item If you wish to view the note again you need only click on the note in either of these places By default they will open within the right column in Zotero though they can be opened in a separate window by pressing the appropriate button at the bottom of said column Zotero uses the rich text TinyMCE editor so your formatting options are nearly limitless A variety of features are available through the editor s toolbars and a still greater number can be used by editing the note s HTML code directly Standalone Notes If however your annotation does not relate directly to any item in your library it is possible to create a standalone note by clicking the New Standalone Note button in the Zotero toolbar These will behave just like a regular note only
18. ro if necessary As with all important data itis a good idea to back up your Zotero data frequently How can I access my library from multiple computers Can store my Zotero library and associated files on an external drive You can conveniently transport your Zotero library from one machine to another accessing your data from any computer The easiest way to use Zotero on multiple computers is by running a copy of Firefox directly from a portable drive which gives you access to your Firefox settings such as bookmarks and history in addition to your Zotero data For more information see http www zotero org support using_portable_firefox_on_a_usb_drive If you use Zotero only on your own computers and don t need to keep your Firefox profile in syne there s no need to use Portable Firefox Simply copy your Zotero data directory to the portable drive and set Zotero on each computer to use the same custom data directory on the drive You can set a custom data directory in the Advanced tab of the Zotero preferences Zotero 1 5 will offer the ability to syne multiple Zotero libraries automatically via the Zotero server have bibliographies in Microsoft Word documents PDFs and other text files Can I import them into my Zotero collection No Zotero cannot currently import items from bibliographies in text documents While this may sound like a simple request it 1s actually rather difficult to accomplish given the range of potentia
19. sorted alphabetically by creator and if you click tre Creator again the order will be reversed Language Call Number Repository To sort by other categories you can click on the icon in the top Righ l E y right corner of your center column You will then see the PERESS dropdown menu illustrated below Check off any additional Journal Abbr categories you would like to use for sorting They will now Accessed i a appear in the center column and you can click on them to sort Restore Defaults 1n just the same way you did with Title and Creator Basic Search Basic searches provide the quickest way to find items in your collection Follow the directions below or watch the basic search screencast to see how to make best use of the Zotero s basic searches Or B QB A searen __ To start a search click inside the search box at the top of the middle column and start typing your search term As you type Zotero will reduce the total number of items in the center column to only those that contain your search term What Exactly Am I Searching Through With basic searches Zotero combs through all of your data for results For example a basic search for 1979 will return a wide variety of items The search would return books with 1979 in their title items published in 1979 items tagged 1979 and websites that have 1979 somewhere in their full text In short basic searches search through all your data Taking Not
20. tag You can select multiple tags to further refine the results in the center column or click on a tag again to deselect it To quickly find a tag in the list type part of its name in the Filter box selected tags not matching what you type remain selected allowing you to quickly find and select multiple items It is also possible to click the Deselect all button to return the center column to displaying all the items in the selected folder From this box you can also control the tags globally By right clicking on a tag or Control clicking on the Mac you can choose to rename a tag across all items or delete it from all of the records it is attached to You can also assign a tag to multiple items at once by dragging items from the items pane onto tags in the tag selector This is where the Display all tags checkbox comes in handy while the tag selector normally only shows you tags on items in the current view clicking Display all tags causes tags not assigned to currently visible items to appear in gray You can then drag items onto one of the gray tags to assign it to those items Automatic Tags Note that some items that you save will come with tags already attached If Zotero detects classification information or other metadata as part of a catalog record it will in some cases import that information as a tag For example OPAC Online Public Access Catalog record subject headings become Zotero tags You can manage t
21. tails that Zotero couldn t automatically detect If you don t see a Zotero icon on Amazon product pages or NY Times articles see Troubleshooting Translator Issues http www zotero org support troubleshooting_translator_issues How do add an edited volume or a book chapter A book chapter from an edited volume is entered as a Book Section Click the green new item button and select Book Section You will now see both a Title field for the chapter title and a separate Book Title field To add a editor click the sign on the author line in the right column This will create an additional Author line If you click the triangle to the left of the new author field you will be able to change it to an editor Where does Zotero store my references and notes Your entire Zotero library is stored by default in the zotero directory of your Firefox profile Inside that directory are two crucial elements the zotero sqlite file and the storage folder The zotero sqlite file contains the majority of your data item information notes tags etc The storage folder contains all of your attachments PDFs web snapshots audio files and any other files you have imported Note that these data files are different from a Zotero RDF file e g Exported Items rdf created via Zotero s export functions While you can import data from an RDF file restoring your data files directly is currently a much more accurate a
22. they will appear by themselves in your collections not associated with another library item Grabbing Text From Webpages Because new research often incorporates pre existing work Zotero makes it easy for you to migrate quotable material from a web based source into your notes Highlight the relevant text right click ctrl click on the Mac to open a pop up menu and select Create Zotero Item and Note from Selection This will create a new library item with the selected text as an attached note In this way Zotero facilitates transcription as well as annotation Zags and Related Items As with any other item in Zotero notes both regular and standalone make full use of the tagging and related item features These appear at the bottom of the notes editor and behave just as they do with other items Creating Bibliographies Drag and Drop Quick Copy If you want to quickly add references to a paper email or blog post then Zotero s Drag and Drop Quick Copy is probably the best way to go Simply select references in the center column and drag them into any text field Zotero will automatically create a numbered and alphabetized bibliography for you To configure your quick copy preferences click the Actions menu the gear icon and select Preferences Within the Preferences pop up window select Export From this tab you can set your default export format set up site specific export settings and choose whether you want Zotero to i
23. to notification for the thread you started If one of the community members has the time to help you with your request you may be asked for additional information Platforms Supporting The Zotero Community Procedures for Getting Help In an effort to help you resolve your issue as quickly as possible the Zotero community has developed this set of steps for resolving issues Please follow the five steps below Step One Check your Zotero version The latest Zotero version is always listed on the Zotero home page You can check your current Zotero version by selecting About Zotero from the Actions menu gear icon in the Zotero toolbar or by selecting Add ons from Firefox s Tools menu and looking for Zotero in the Extensions tab If you aren t running the latest version you should upgrade by clicking the Download button on the front page as your issue may have already been resolved Step Two Read up on common questions and issues If something in Zotero appears not to be working correctly first check the Known Issues page The dedicated pages on troubleshooting Zotero data issues resolving issues with site translators and troubleshooting the word processor plugins may also address your issue If you have a question that isn t addressed on the troubleshooting pages review the Frequently Asked Questions for answers to common queries Step Three Search through the documentation If your question is still unresolved search through al
24. ucture Databases In Baxevanis AD Ouellette BFF editor s Mode Bioinformatics New York NY Wiley Interscience 2001 p 83 109 Nationg 3 Pear R Crisis Puts Tax Moves Into Play Internet The New York Times 2008 Oct 2 cited a Nature 2008 Oct 4 Available from http www nytimes com 2008 10 02 business O2tax Atml e Vanco Addition K tter F Cirlacy M Xylose fermentation by Saccharomyces cerevisiae Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 1993 Mar 1 38 6 776 783 i Sambrook J Russell DW Molecular Cloning A Laboratory Manual 3rd ed Cold Spring M Show depg Harbor NY CSHL Press 2001 Please note M Academic Medicine Formerly Journal of Medical Education Install 2008 09 20 09 22 05 Accounts of Chemical Research Install 2008 09 20 09 22 05 Requesting New Bibliographic Styles http www zotero org support requesting_ styles Catch up on the conversation Search the style repository and the Zotero forums to see if there is already a style or an existing conversation about the style you need If there is already a conversation about your style you may be able to contribute crucial information that allows one of the community members to finish it In some cases there may be technical reasons why the style cannot currently be supported If you cannot find your style in the repository or an existing conversation about your style start a new thread in the Citation Styles section of the Zotero forums Name the
25. x window Yes To archive a web page select the Create New Item From Current Page icon This will archive a copy of the page in your library To see the page as it was on the day you captured it double click the snapshot icon associated with the file as shown below Zotero Anatomy Database Zotero is one of the first Firefox extensions to take advantage of the new mozStorage functionality introduced in Firefox 2 0 mozStorage is a database API backed by the SQLite database engine offering the power of a relational database system within the Mozilla development environment All system data and item metadata is stored in an SQLite database zotero sqlite within the zotero directory If the DB doesn t exist at browser startup a new one is created from the files system sql scrapers sql and userdata sql in the extension root which are then used only during schema updates Storage Also inside the zotero directory is a storage directory for snapshots and copied files which are stored within separate subdirectories named after the ID of the attachment item they belong to Zotero also creates a copy of the Zotero database at every shutdown and stores it as zotero sqlite bak in the same directory Translators Site translators are discrete pieces of code that extract web based metadata and then insert it into a Zotero item For this session we will take a quick look at Zotero s RIS translator Styles Zotero uses the Citation St
26. yle Language to configure citation formatting CSL is anew XML language for citation formatting and is designed to provide a nice balance of power and ease of use It is also designed to be independent of any particular application document format or programming language You can view and edit CSL files by pasting chrome zotero content tools esledit xul into your location bar in Firefox Working With Bibliographic Styles Your users will ask you about creating styles The goal of this session is not to make you all style wizards but to give you a basic sense of what is involved how Zotero styles references some simple steps for editing styles and familiarize you with approaches for requesting additional bibliographic styles Manipulating Styles Files 1 2A 3 4 Load up chrome zotero content tools csledit xul Select items and chose APA style from the drop down menu Hit refresh to see a live preview of citations Try and do some light editing Refresh Page B Suppress author Citation is First H American Psychological Association H lt text variable container title font style italic gt lt text variable collection title gt lt group gt lt group gt lt group gt lt group delimiter prefix gt lt text macro publisher gt lt text macro access gt lt group gt lt layout gt lt bibliography gt lt style gt Single Citations Becker 2003 Bowler
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