Being Introduced to Zotero
In English class, we newly learned about an online citation tool called Zotero. Mr.Paterson taught us how to use it, and about how the software is an extremely helpful and convenient tool when it comes to academic essays. First, the app is something that needs to be downloaded and we only have school computers, so we went over the steps he showed us on the screen projector. First, we download the software on our home computer from zotero.org. Then, after creating an account, we choose the style of citation that suits our research topic. Next, you hit command shift. As you add citations, you'll notice that zotero will recognize what type of resource it is. For example, if it's a newspaper article, a small newspaper icon will be up on the top right bar. This makes the processing very quick and easy. However, our teacher taught us that it isn't always accurate. For example, it cannot identify what type of resource it is when it's Japanese. In these cases, we can easily twe...