Antonio+Aguillon+-+Zotero

What: Zotero Connector Web Address: [] Student’s Name: Antonio Aguillon Grade level(s): 8-College Content area(s): Research, organization, bookmarking, etc.

Abstract: Zotero is a research tool that allows you to keep track of all the articles, book, periodicals, blogs posts, etc. of a research project. In essence, Zotero is a very fancy bookmarking tool for researchers. Some of the advantages of zotero include, its ability to sync all of your content across your devices and platforms. Whether you have the stand alone client install or your computer, Chrome Add On, or Firefox plugin, Zotero will keep your content synchronized in all of your devices. It doesn't even matter if you are running Windows, OS X, or Linux.

Personal Experience: I had heard about Zotero Connect but never really tried it. This week, I decided to try it for the first time. The experience was way better than I expected. I was able to save all the articles I researched by simply clicking on the icon in the address bar of Google Chrome. Once you have the Add On in your browser it’s as simple as clicking on the little icon that looks like a sheet of paper. Zotero will add all relevant information about the article you read. you can even generate in text citations, bibliographies and even generate reports from any given article. I would definitely recommend using this tool for anyone be a 8th grade student working on a one page report or a graduate student working on a theses. All articles can be organized by topic and place on their own collection which allows for easy access and retrieval of article information. Here is a __ [|video] __ with a more detail explanation of what Zotero is and how it works. This video is a courtesy of Boise State University.