Zotero
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| Developer(s) | Center for History and New Media (CHNM) at George Mason University (GMU) |
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| Initial release | October 8, 2006 |
| Stable release | 3.0.3 (February 17, 2012) [±] |
| Preview release | [±] |
| Written in | JavaScript with SQLite backend |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Type | Reference management software |
| License | AGPL |
| Website | Zotero |
Zotero (
/zoʊˈtɛroʊ/) is free, open source reference management software to manage bibliographic data and related research materials (such as PDFs). Notable features include web browser integration, online syncing, generation of in-text citations, footnotes and bibliographies, as well as integration with the word processors Microsoft Word, LibreOffice, OpenOffice.org Writer and NeoOffice. It is produced by the Center for History and New Media of George Mason University (GMU).
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[edit] History
[edit] Zotero 1.0
The first release of Zotero, 1.0.0b2.r1, was made available in October 2006 as an add-on for the Firefox web browser. Development of Zotero 1.0.x continued until May 2009, when Zotero 1.0.10 was released.
[edit] Zotero 2.0
Zotero 2.0, released in February 2010, added online features like metadata and file syncing and group libraries, and included a license change from the Educational Community License to GPLv3.[1] Development of Zotero 2.0.x continued until October 2010, when Zotero 2.0.9 was released.
[edit] Zotero 2.1
Zotero 2.1, released in March 2011, adds CSL 1.0 support, Firefox 4 compatibility (the minimum is Firefox 3.6), and Zotero Commons, through which materials can be uploaded to the Internet Archive.
[edit] Zotero Standalone
Zotero Standalone, first released in January 2011 and available as beta software, allows Zotero to be run as an independent program outside Firefox. Using XULRunner, Zotero Standalone is available for Windows, GNU/Linux and MacOS X. Connectors are available to integrate Zotero Standalone into the web browsers Safari and Chrome.
[edit] Zotero 3.0
Zotero 3.0, released in January 2012, includes the stable release of Zotero Standalone as well as several new major features, including overhauled Word and LibreOffice integration and duplicate detection.
[edit] Features
On many websites such as library catalogs, PubMed, Google Scholar, Google Books, Amazon.com, Wikipedia, and publisher's websites, Zotero shows an icon when a book, article, or other resource is being viewed. By clicking this icon, the full reference information can be saved to the Zotero library. Zotero can also save a copy of the webpage, or, in the case of scientific articles, a copy of the full text PDF. Users can then add notes, tags, attachments, and their own metadata. Selections of the local reference library data can later be exported as formatted bibliographies. Furthermore, all entries including bibliographic information and user-created rich-text memos of the selected articles can be summarized into an HTML report.
[edit] Citation Formatting
Zotero was the first to adopt the Citation Style Language, and maintains the Zotero Style Repository, the main repository of CSL styles. Users can generate citations and bibliographies through the word processor plugins, or directly in Zotero.
[edit] Etymology
The name 'Zotero' is loosely derived from an Albanian verb meaning "to master".[2]
[edit] Financial Support
Development of Zotero has been financed by sponsoring by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services, as well as user donations.
[edit] EndNote lawsuit
In 2008, Thomson Reuters sued the Commonwealth of Virginia and George Mason University, based on the claim that Zotero's developers had, in violation of the EndNote EULA, reverse-engineered EndNote and provided Zotero with the ability to convert EndNote's proprietary .ens styles into Citation Style Language styles.[3] George Mason University responded that they would not renew their site license for EndNote and that "anything created by users of Zotero belongs to those users, and that it should be as easy as possible for Zotero users to move to and from the software as they wish, without friction".[4] The journal Nature editorialized that "the virtues of interoperability and easy data-sharing among researchers are worth restating. Imagine if Microsoft Word or Excel files could be opened and saved only in these proprietary formats, for example. It would be impossible for OpenOffice and other such software to read and save these files using open standards — as they can legally do." [5]
The case was dismissed on June 4, 2009 due to a lack of jurisdiction.[6] Although the Virginia Supreme Court granted an appeal to Thomson Reuters in this case on December 18, 2009, the appeal was withdrawn on January 11, 2011.
[edit] See also
- Comparison of reference management software
- Citation Style Language
- CiteProc
- LibX
- ScrapBook – Another Firefox extension having similar capture features but no bibliographic functions
- unAPI
[edit] References
- ^ Center for History and New Media (2010-01-26). "changelog [Zotero Documentation: Changes in 2.0rc1 (January 26, 2010)"]. Zotero.org. http://www.zotero.org/support/changelog#changes_in_2.0rc1_january_26_2010. Retrieved 2010-02-27.
- ^ "The etymology of Zotero". The Ideophone. January 25, 2008. http://ideophone.org/zotero-etymology/. Retrieved 2008-12-01.
- ^ "Reuters Says George Mason University Is Handing Out Its Proprietary Software". Courthouse News Service. 2008-09-17. http://www.courthousenews.com/2008/09/17/Reuters_Says_George_Mason_University_Is_Handing_Out_Its_Proprietary_Software.htm. Retrieved 2008-09-28.
- ^ Owens, Trevor (2008-10-29). "Official Statement". Zotero: The Next-Generation Research Tool. http://www.zotero.org/blog/offical-statement/. Retrieved 2009-04-11.
- ^ "Beta blockers?" (PDF). Nature 455 (7214): 708. 2008-10-09. doi:10.1038/455708a. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 18843308. Archived from the original on 2010-05-24. http://www.webcitation.org/5py7np6z6. Retrieved 2009-04-11.
- ^ Takats, Sean (2009-06-04). "Thomson Reuters Lawsuit Dismissed". The Quintessence of Ham. http://quintessenceofham.org/2009/06/04/thomson-reuters-lawsuit-dismissed/. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
[edit] Further reading
- Puckett, Jason. Zotero: A Guide for Librarians, Researchers and Educators ACRL ISBN 978-0-8389-8589-2
[edit] External links
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