Why and How I use Zotero for Academic Writing | Endnote/Mendeley

Why and How I use Zotero for Academic Writing | comparison with EndNote + Mendeley #Zotero #CrossRef (Long Title)
A Reference Manager is another essential tool for a Ph.D. study and an important part of every dissertation.
Endnote, Mendeley, and Zotero are the most popular choices.
This video will be helpful to new Ph.D. students to learn they could avoid plagiarism, manage citations in a more streamlined manner.
I make an emphasis on why I personally changed from using Endnote to Zotero. Endnote has a major speed limitation when handling a large library (1000+ references).
If you are an advanced researcher, the last few sections would give some perspective on how you could easily change to a reference manager that suits you.
0:00 On the topic of Plagiarism + Coffee Break Story
1:31 What does a Citation Software do, how to avoid plagiarism
3:13 Why I changed from EndNote to Zotero
4:38 The Zotero Basics (Downloading, Addins, Cite with Word Processors)
7:02 The importance of MANUAL checking!
8:19 How to Syn Zotero library across devices
9:43 Comparing Endnote, Mendeley and Zotero
Zotero:
www.zotero.org/
Endnote:
endnote.com/
Mendeley:
www.mendeley.com/
Citation Styles: APA, MLA, Chicago, Turabian, IEEE: APA 6th Edition:
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How to Choose between EndNote, Zotero, and Mendeley
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Tips on Exporting and Importing Citation Library:
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About me:
I am a biologist finishing the 6th-year postdoc. I grew up in Hong Kong, have worked in the US and now living in France, now searching for my next role in private sectors of science.
Recruiters, please contact me for working opportunities: / verabschan
Before I conclude my time as a postdoc, I really hope to make KZbin videos that are tailored for the younger science community. These are basically what I would share if you find me as a postdoc in your lab. I hope my personal tips will provide some positivity, support, and encouragement to those who are on the journey of academic research.
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[@eduardojreis]

As soon as I heard the name of the channel I subscribed right away. Thank you so much for the valuable tips, sharing your experience and peer support.

[@PhDCoffeeTime]

Your comment has put a big smile on my face, I wish I can have a coffee with each of my audience! Thanks for subscribing, please know that I am hoping to engage everyone individually as much as possible, so feel free to comment on my videos, or send me any special questions on social media (or email via [e-mail]). I am quite responsive :)

[@Luckisto]

I once tried Mendeley and gave up on these reference tools. After watching your video, I have decided to install Zotero. Thank you so much for the video.

[@UltimateArts13]

Great video! I have been using Zotero and a librarian recommended Endnote. Your comment on worrying about changing to another university and still having access sealed the deal for me.

[@PhDCoffeeTime]

Yay, welcome on board to Team Zotero. Just kidding, any tools that you feel most confident should be a fine choice :) Remember, you can always export your library into BibTex format from Zotero and import again to Endnote (or Mendeley) in case your future University/Employer has a strong preference :)

[@UltimateArts13]

@@PhDCoffeeTime Thanks for the good advice! What was your PhD in?

[@houssembentounsi5184]

Thank you sooo much miss have a good day

[@merismith817]

Thank you for taking the time to share your insights! This video was helpful, especially for someone beginning their dissertation process. :)

[@PhDCoffeeTime]

Meri, this is exactly why I started my channel. I have learned everything the hard way so I can't help but wonder if I could help the process of science/thesis writing to be more streamlined :) Hope my other writing video helps you too, here is a playlist of the actual writing: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hoGydJ14qbp9rLs

[@RomyPalacios]

Hi! Thanks for the advice, very useful. I use Mendeley, but Zotero is a good tool because it allows working on google docs. Awesome!

[@PhDCoffeeTime]

Thanks for sharing about the point about Google docs! I actually didn't know about this feature! It's a great insight from you.

[@ResearchifyPhD]

Yes, I found it also. It might be helpful to someone, basic tutorial kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4q6e3VtqtyJqtk

[@jacquelineortega9757]

Amazing tips! Thanks, it's save me a lot of time!!

[@PhDCoffeeTime]

Happy to help! Please come back to other practical tips videos in this playlist for more helpful resources :) kzbin.info/aero/PLF6JfHXiwSZ7BWA2NZm8U1-h1-vpOzQN9

[@CookieMonsterMC11]

Very informative video, thank you!

[@PhDCoffeeTime]

Please feel free to share this with anyone who may appreciate the tips :)

[@h-bo123]

Really enjoyed your video!

[@PhDCoffeeTime]

Happy to hear that, Howard!

[@ip2489]

Fantastic!

[@PhDCoffeeTime]

Glad you like it!

[@mrssheilatatum3030]

Brilliant! Thank you

[@PhDCoffeeTime]

Glad you liked it!

[@PhDCoffeeTime]

So now you know about Writing with Zotero. Did you know that Zotero is also the PERFECT tool for your Academic Reading and Literature Searching? How to Read Journal Articles Quickly and Effectively (6K Sub Recap): kzbin.info/www/bejne/ooi1fK1vrauDrsk Perform a Literature Review Without Getting Lost (ft. PubMed): kzbin.info/www/bejne/rYeZlaOqobNqhbs How to Cross-Reference the Literature with OneNote + Zotero: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXuteoieotKHpLM&t Followup: Hi guys, so Paul saw my video and share more tips with me via email, please take notes! "You can actually check the references (formatting etc) directly in the Zotero manager. If you correct them there then they will always be correct when you cite them on a paper. The ability to add rich text to titles was introduced back in 2012: www.zotero.org/support/kb/rich_text_bibliography You just use HTML tags in Zotero and it will convert them when you add the citation."

[@feichangyishu]

Lovely video! I downloaded Zotero but wasn’t sure becoz my PhD faculty uses Mendeley. I have a lot of multilingual citations, so I did a research online and heard that Zotero is the most compatible.

[@PhDCoffeeTime]

Great to know about multilingual compatibility. Hope it has work well so far? Feel free to leave any followup questions :)

[@a22258461]

Thank you for sharing

[@PhDCoffeeTime]

Hope it helps you!

[@a22258461]

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[@floydedilo]

Awesome! Thx!

[@PhDCoffeeTime]

Glad you like it!

[@troyjennenegibby9682]

Thanks great video

[@PhDCoffeeTime]

Glad you enjoyed it. I hope you will also like this video on PubMed search, I have a few additional Zotero tips in this recent video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rYeZlaOqobNqhbs

[@douglasdrumond]

That 3-second pause was so annoying it passed the message. I’m not complaining, it was a good way to make your point. Imagine facing it all the time!

[@PhDCoffeeTime]

Thank you for the feedback, this is an older video so my video editing sense was still developing. I also have mixed feedback on this. There are suggestions that I should keep my video organized by chapter so it is easier to browse with a timestamp, but I understand if someone wants to watch the whole video in one go it could be distracting. Be assured that I have made the transitioning scene shorter and less frequent in my recent videos. Anyways, I hope you will find my other writing tip videos helpful. Good luck with your research!

[@douglasdrumond]

@@PhDCoffeeTime I couldn't express myself correctly. I loved that three-second pause. You said you had to wait three seconds for a reference to show in the document. People would think "just 3? No big deal" But you added that pause, it became very clear that waiting that much every time would be annoying as hell. I was watching the video in 2x, I reduced back to 1x and showed it to my wife because it was clever. And we laughed

[@PhDCoffeeTime]

@@douglasdrumond Oh how embarrassing that I have misunderstood you. I am relieved that you approve of the transitioning slides... Phew! Let the secret be told, I also enjoyed watching my video at 1.5x or 2x more, I just wished I could talk that fast naturally :) Thanks for sharing your weekend with my channel, I hope my videos make you feel more confident in research!

[@remiwilloughby7095]

Thank you for telling your story about transitioning to Zotero from Endnote. Will you please share how you did it? I use Endnote, and I want to transition to Zotero, but I have over 500 articles. How do I do it? I tried using the import button from Zotero, but it returned an error that it didn't recognize the format. Please advise.

[@samleareng6298]

Thanks for the video! How do you attach supplementary materials to the main papers on Zotero?

[@PhDCoffeeTime]

Hi Sam, Thanks for your question! Personally, I never attach documents in Zotero because in my past experience with Endnote attachments can slow down the speed of in-text citation. I have a file naming system that helps me locate the PDF and supplementary files easily (This video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bWiQhIOBbbWYrrs), e.g. Chan_2016_method_paper.pdf However, if you want to learn more about attaching files in Zotero, they have the instructions here: www.zotero.org/support/attaching_files

[@a22258461]

What type of reference style that is good for helping the writing more easily? I mean the author followed by the publication time right?

[@PhDCoffeeTime]

I use Author-date because it is easier to check if I am cite the right paper. With Zotero, changing the reference style is simple, so I only do so at very last stage before submitting the paper.

[@Lainnster]

Thank you for this video! I just started my PhD, and was wondering: do you also use this to store the original papers, or do you have them set up elsewhere? I'm trying to organise my readings into many different folders, but this structure doesn't automatically copy to zotero

[@PhDCoffeeTime]

I have talked about my cross-referencing system with this OneNote video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXuteoieotKHpLM I don't store the PDFs on Zotero simply because the free Zotero comes with a size limit. I've extrapolated from the past experience with Endnote that uploading PDFs could slow down the cite-while-you-write function. I simply save the PDF with FirstAuthorName_Date_Keyword1_Keyword2_Keyword3.pdf format. You could check out this File Organization video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bWiQhIOBbbWYrrs

[@thntk]

A Zotero user here, you can and should store the pdf files in Zotero, creating folder/subfolder in Zotero as you like. For syncing, metadata syncing (everything except files) is free. Files syncing is limited, but Zotero lets you choose to sync the files or not. You can also buy the file syncing quota to encourage the Zotero devs to invest more in making new features, mobile apps, etc.

[@alexyll]

Do you have an easier way to do references in power point? Zotero or other citation manager doesn't work in Microsoft powerpoint so I always do manually which is very tedious

[@PhDCoffeeTime]

I am not aware of any software for references in PPT, I personally do this manually. Check out this PubMed video (kzbin.info/www/bejne/rYeZlaOqobNqhbs) where I have shown how to use excel sheet to keep a list of references from Zotero in a more streamlined way.

[@hjf3022]

I know you asked this a long time ago, but if anyone else is wondering. The easiest way I've found is to just do the citations in Microsoft word with whatever citation manager you use, then just copy and paste into Powerpoint.

[@alexyll]

@@hjf3022 🙌🏻 that’s actually what I did after that . Thanks 😊

[@davidherrera1658]

Hi again!!! tank you very much, Zotero is very usefull for me. Do you have a similar tips for "how to read a paper"? :)

[@boatraft]

How to Read Journal Articles Quickly and Effectively (6K Sub Recap): kzbin.info/www/bejne/ooi1fK1vrauDrsk

[@JibHyourinmaru]

but you can't directly read the papers in zotero right? when I click on the paper, it would open to another pdf reader. I use mendeley and I always downloaded the pdf files then imported to mendeley.

[@PhDCoffeeTime]

No, Zotero works like a "bookmark" for paper citation, at least that's how I have been using it. Can you read PDF files on Mendeley?

[@JibHyourinmaru]

@@PhDCoffeeTime yeah Mendeley has a built-in PDF Reader. but I migrated to Zotero yesterday! because Mendeley not working well nowadays and they recently shut down their android app which a bummer, they going backward. It was an easy process importing into Zotero. and now Zotero beta has a built-in PDF Reader, so it's great! all can be annotate inside Zotero.

[@PhDCoffeeTime]

@@JibHyourinmaru I didn't know about the built in reader for Zotero beta. I am glad it works well, thanks for sharing with me! I use OneNote to take citation-ready notes as I read papers, Zotero is mostly my bookmark: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXuteoieotKHpLM

[@timbushell8640]

@@PhDCoffeeTime Read, Highlight and notes in Zotero now - extract with internal tools or with Readwise into your WP of choice.

[@YashvardhanVerma]

I like the video. Although the title is a little misleading as it is more of a Zotero basics video instead of a review.

[@PhDCoffeeTime]

Agree. I just edited the title, appreciate your feedback. Hope my other videos on this channel will help your thesis writing!

[@YashvardhanVerma]

@@PhDCoffeeTime Thanks for doing this! Look forward to more content from you 🙂

[@PhDCoffeeTime]

@@YashvardhanVerma Hope you will forgive the misleading title. I have been told my original titles were too long and not catchy enough for KZbin. So your comment is valuable to help improve this channel. I hope people find my channel informative supportive, and most importantly, not misleading!

[@ResearchifyPhD]

I also found it useful. However, You can find the detailed videos on Zotero kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4q6e3VtqtyJqtk

[@IAKhan-km4ph]

Nice. Plz discuss Post Doc.

[@PhDCoffeeTime]

Certainly, please stay tuned for new videos. I will share more about my postdoc experience. Do you have any specific questions in mind regarding postdoc?

[@DemonSwrd]

Zotero is only 300 Mb free space thats very low

[@PhDCoffeeTime]

Yes, that's exactly why I don't attach PDF on Zotero. I use a file organization system as explained in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bWiQhIOBbbWYrrs However, it seems one of my viewers just discovered a way to change the storage settings of Zotero so that files can be directly stored on Google Drive (read more from the other comments left on this video). If your insitution has unlimited Google storage this could be a smart choice.

[@DemonSwrd]

@@PhDCoffeeTime thanks for the info