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Organizing Your Research using ZoteroBib and Google Folders

This Guide will provide step by step directions for using ZoteroBib with Google Drive to provide a way to organize and access research materials all in one place when completing a research assignment.

INTRODUCTION

"ZoteroBib" is a new citation tool available on the Young Library web page.  There are several citation generators available under our Research tab.  Any citation generating tool can be used at KCU. However, we recommend ZoteroBib as the preferred generator.  Here are some reasons to use this tool:

  • ZoteroBib is a free citation tool.  It was designed for use by University students.  It is free and you do not have to create an account or watch any advertisements.
  • It helps in creating bibliographies, reference lists, works cited pages and in-text citations in many different style formats.
  • It contains over 9000 styles including APA, MLA, Chicago, Turabian, and the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL).
  • This citation tool is one of the more accurate ones. However, citation generator results should always be checked against the style manual specified by your professor.
  • Using this tool with a folder in Google Drive means that your resources for completing a research project are all in one location.

Follow the steps in this tutorial to create a retrievable reference list for your assignments.

The library staff is always willing to help you learn to use new tools that can be helpful in completing your assignments.  If you have any questions, please contact us or stop by the library!

PURPOSE

"The purpose of a citation is usually to provide support or evidence for what you are saying; it tells the reader where this support or evidence can be found, and it typically does this by providing a reference to a bibliography, a list of detailed bibliographic information provided at the end of your document." ~ Robert Dale

 

 

Dale, R. (2002). Writing Notes: Citations. Web.science.mq.edu.au. Retrieved 23 March 2017, from

https://web.science.mq.edu.au/~rdale/resources/writingnotes/citations.html