Manage your references smarter and faster (Zotero)

Bring your laptop and learn how to build your personal reference library in Zotero, importing sources from catalogs and databases, and sources you already have. You will also learn how to easily cite and generate reference lists in Word.

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This course is a part of HF's PhD week.

Learning outcomes

After attending this workshop, you will know how to use Zotero to

  • collect and organize sources you may have or find in Oria, Google Scholar, and other databases, or record manually
  • import PDFs and use Zotero's PDF-reader
  • share and publish bibliographic databases
  • cite as you write in Word or Google Docs
  • create reference lists in different reference styles

We will cover these steps in the first two hours of the course. The third course hour offers optional time to practice and get help working with the tool.

Registration

The course is open to PhD fellows, completion grant holders, and post-doctoral fellows at the Faculty of Humanities, other UiO faculties, and external PhD fellows. Registration opens on March 3 and priority is given to PhDs and postdocs from the Faculty of Humanities. We ask that PhDs and postdocs from other Faculties at UiO, and other applicants, wait until on March 17 to register. Registration closes when the course has reached its maximum number of participants.

Sign up here

Practical information

Please bring your laptop with Zotero installed. 

1. Install Zotero.

  • Private laptop: download and install from Zotero (free)
  • UiO's laptop: install from Software Center

2. Get the Zotero Connector for your browser (Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari).

  • Pin the connector to your browser.

3. Register to get a free account with a username and password of your choice.

  • Add your UiO email for unlimited storage, and another email to keep your library when you leave UiO.

Working methods

Demonstration with practical examples and exercises. Instruction will be in English, unless everyone is competent in Norwegian, and we can also answer questions in Norwegian. 

Target group

PhDs and postdocs from the Faculty of Humanities.

Teachers

Team Zotero from the University Library

For help and questions about Zotero, you can reach us and our entire Zotero team at zotero-guru@ub.uio.no.

Published Dec. 14, 2024 9:36 AM - Last modified Feb. 5, 2025 9:24 PM