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Tag: zotero

Are you looking to sharpen your research, writing, or clinical skills? We offer a variety of free online classes to help you get ahead. Taking a library class can significantly improve your research skills, helping you master advanced database searching and use tools that streamline your workflow. You'll also enhance your writing by efficiently managing citations and references, allowing you to focus more on your content. For those in clinical fields, these classes offer valuable insights into staying up-to-date with evidence-based resources, ultimately helping you locate the best clinical literature. Plus, our expert librarians are available to offer tailored support and guidance during each session. 

Here’s a glimpse of the upcoming classes you can sign up for: 

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Categories: Classes

Tags: pubmed, cinahl, endnote, zotero, copyright

Ready to boost your research skills? The Medical Library offers a variety of online classes tailored to healthcare professionals, researchers, and students. 

Sessions include:

• Searching Databases with Confidence: Master PubMed, CINAHL, Web of Science, or Scopus 
• Conducting Systematic Reviews: Learn more about conducting systematic reviews or how to assess and extract data
• Reference Management Made Easy: Get started with EndNote or Zotero. 
• Selecting Journals for Publication
• Tools for Researchers: Building Your Profile, Measuring your Impact
• Understanding Copyright
• Data Management: Sharing, Requirements, & Repositories 

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Categories: Classes

Tags: pubmed, zotero, endnote, cinahl, scopus, systematic reviews

Zotero helps you insert references into your text as well as create a reference list at the end of your paper in a variety of styles. Working together with Word and Google Docs, this open program is free up to 300 MB of storage.

This class will show you the basics of getting started in Zotero including adding references to your Zotero library, creating collections, and mastering tools to cite sources in your research papers. It will also explore advanced features such as collaboration, synchronization, and integration with word processors. Thu. Aug. 15; 4-5p; ONLINE ONLY. This class is FREE but registration is required.

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Categories: Classes

Tags: zotero, citation management

Ready to learn some new skills or approaches to your research? Check out our class schedule! We offer a variety of online classes related to database searching, systematic reviews, writing abstracts, publishing, citation management, research impact, and more. To find class details, dates, and registration information Click here. 

Let us help you work smarter, not harder!

Questions? Ask a Librarian!

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Categories: Classes, Databases

Tags: publishing, pubmed, scopus, cinahl, endnote, zotero, abstracts, searching

Zotero is a freely available reference management and writing tool that makes capturing citations easy. It has a browser plugin that works in Chrome, Firefox or Safari, and with one click you can add a journal article, Web page, video, or many other resource types to your library.

One of Zotero's strengths is that it is uncomplicated to us, making collaborative projects, especially with people at other institutions, relatively simple via Google Docs. 

You will never have to worry about losing your library of citations because everything is backed up to the cloud. Syncing to the Web version of Zotero allows you to access your library from any computer with Internet access. If you run out of Zotero's free storage, additional storage can…

Categories: Explore Tools

Tags: zotero

Many are familiar with EndNote as a helpful citation management tool that assists with collecting, saving, and citing papers. But sometimes EndNote can feel somewhat cumbersome to use. If you are on the market for a new citation manager, you might want to try out these other options.

Zotero is a freely available tool that offers desktop and Web versions and works well with both Windows and Mac. It is easy to use and makes collaborative projects relatively simple via Google Docs. If you run out of free storage, additional inexpensive storage space is available for purchase.

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Categories: Explore Tools

Tags: endnote, mendeley, zotero, sciwheel, refworks, citation management

"I wish I'd known about this sooner!" is what people often say when they encounter EndNote, Zotero, Mendeley, or any other reference management tool.

Discover the wonders of easily storing, organizing, and citing your references by:

• Using this handy chart to decide which reference management tool best fits your needs
• Getting started with EndNote step-by-step
• Getting started with Zotero step-by-step

If you already use EndNote, read our…

Categories: Resource Updates

Tags: endnote, zotero, mendeley

Stop typing out those references!  Quit looking up where the commas are supposed to go in APA or AMA or whatever style you need to use. Avoid making piles of articles on your desktop. You should be using a reference management tool!

Reference management software can help you collect and organize your references (journal articles, books, Websites, videos, etc.), and then generate citations and bibliographies for your papers, scholarly articles, and any other publications.

There are a lot of different reference management programs that can help you gather PDFs and format your reference lists.  EndNote, RefWorks,…

Categories: Resource Updates

Tags: endnote, refworks, zotero

Zotero (zoh-TAIR-oh) is a free citation management tool that conveniently “lives in” your Web browser, where you do the majority of your work and research. Most commonly, Zotero works as an add-on for the Firefox browser. However, there is a Zotero standalone version that is compatible with Safari and Chrome.

Zotero is easy to use and has many of the same, as well as some unique, features as EndNote and RefWorks.  With Zotero, you can:

• Organize & manage references into searchable collections
• Insert citations as you write using the Zotero word-processing plug-in
• Create formatted bibliographies in many different styles
• Attach PDFs, notes and images to references
• Easily add citations directly from databases and…

Categories: Explore Tools, Resource Updates

Tags: zotero, citation management, endnote, refworks