This website offers a series of tutorials
Open source, free, extensible (with a bunch of plugins), and highly compatible (for example, it can be linked with OB through plugins)
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- This section is a translation of the official documentation.
- This chapter and this series mark PKMer’s first cross-team collaboration. Thanks to Zotero and the authors of Zotero Chinese plugins for their contributions, and thanks to teachers Lin, Northword, winding, ShareStuff, and many others for their support.
What is Zotero
Zotero is an open-source reference management software. It can be used to capture, store, manage, read, and cite references (including books and papers). Using Zotero will greatly increase your academic productivity.
- Are you still spending a lot of time organizing the literature you have read and just downloaded?
- Are you still troubled by not finding that reference you remember?
- Are you still anxious about finishing reading a paper and having an empty mind?
- Are you still manually typing in citations?
Zotero will be your excellent research assistant!
Why use Zotero instead of others?
Zotero Advantages
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One-click capture of references, save everything
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Supports multiple levels of directories and tag management
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Supports a massive number of citation formats
Zotero combines simple operation with powerful features. Through a simple tutorial (later documentation), you will quickly get started with Zotero’s basic functions, and you can gradually master other professional features through rich information on social media and Zotero’s official website, including many excellent plugins, thanks to Zotero being open-source software.
Strong support from the Zotero community. When you encounter problems using Zotero, you can receive replies from Zotero developers or expert community members. Plugin creators and enthusiasts are spread all over, and you can easily reach them through your social media.
Zotero respects your privacy and has no fees. Zotero is developed by an independent nonprofit organization with no financial interest in your data. It is also open-source software, which means if the current Zotero operations team does not prioritize your interests, anyone else can freely access the source code and continue to maintain and improve it.
If you encounter problems installing Zotero plugins
You can use the service provided by PKMer, Zotero Plugin Marketplace (pkmer.cn)
Tutorial Directory Structure
The general directory is divided into two steps as follows
Each directory corresponds to an MOC directory guiding various issues
Comparison with Other Similar Software
EndNote
EndNote supports only two levels of directories, while Zotero supports multiple levels of classification.
EndNote does not support tags, but with Zotero you can easily find, categorize, and manage via tags.
EndNote is paid software: the standard version is priced at 1818 RMB on the official website, and the education version at 1218 RMB.
Mendeley
Mendeley is free but not open source.
Migrating Mendeley data to a new computer is rather troublesome and may consume a lot of your time and effort.
Mendeley cannot be used fully offline, and under domestic network environments, you might occasionally face login failures to the Mendeley website, causing inability to use the software.
NoteExpress
NoteExpress is a domestic reference management software with better support for Chinese literature and databases, but it is also paid software, with a standard lifetime license priced at 1980 RMB.
NoteExpress supports only Windows; Mac and Linux are unsupported.
CNKI Yanxue (知网研学)
CNKI Yanxue supports fewer databases, and on Mac it supports only the CNKI academic database.
The subscription fees for CNKI Yanxue are: university edition 198 RMB/year, standard edition 998 RMB/year, premium edition 3298 RMB/year; please consider accordingly.
