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Guide to Zotero for students at BI Norwegian Business School

How to download plug-ins

Zotero has a list of plug-ins that give you enriched information to your Zotero library. These are also called add-ons.  You can find the list here: Plugins for Zotero

Download a plug-in:

  1. Go to the list above and click the desired plug-in.
  2. Download it on your machine.
  3. In Zotero, go to Tools/ Add-on
  4. Here's an overview of which aprogramadditions you've installed.
  5. Go to the gear on the right to install the downloaded file: from Install Add-on from File:

 

We provide one example add-in that provides useful information about how your sources have been used by others .

 

ZoteroPreview

This plugin creates an additional tab in Zotero, where you get a preview of how the reference will appear in a reference list based on the style you have currently selected.

You can download the file from here under the heading "ZoteroPreview". Scroll down to the middle of the page:

This is how it will appear in Zotero after downloading: first how it will look in the bibliography and second the in-text citation ("Individual citation"). At the bottom of this tab view, there is also a function for copying the reference.

 

Scite

1. Scite - are the citatations to a publication supporting, disputing or simply mentioning.
The information in this plugin is taken from Smart Citations. Here's what they say about what Smart Citations is:
"Smart Citations allow users to see how a scientific paper has been cited by providing the context of the citation and a classification describing whether it provides supporting or disputing evidence for the cited claim."
Here's how:
1. Scite Plugin for Zotero: Download the file to your machine from this page and follow the description in the previous box for further downloading to Zotero.
You will now see three new columns in your Zotero library. You can sort these by clicking on them, just like the other column headings. You can also drag them further to the left if you want them more visible.
 
You will find a more detailed description of how this works here and on this video: