Zotero updated with great new features

Zotero pdf reader

hi everyone: Zotero 6.0 has some great new features including a PDF reader that pops open a pdf associated with your citation for you to easily annotate. There is also, finally, an app for ios (ipad and iphone). Read more on Zotero’s blog!

Join the library for our Zotero workshop on May 3, 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Attendees will learn the capabilities of this powerful, free open-source reference management software program. The session covers the functionalities of the Zotero client, adding the Zotero plugin to your browser, and importing citations to generate a bibliography. To maximize our workshop time, please download Zotero from https://www.zotero.org and create your username and password in the Zotero client software by going to EDIT > PREFERENCES > >SYNC

The Author’s Alliance’s guide on negotiating and understanding book contracts

Today at a meeting of other librarians who also support faculty scholarship, I was reminded that the Author’s Alliance’s book (which is open access and freely available) on negotiating and understanding book contracts is extremely valuable. Although a link to it has always been on the library’s guide for publishing, I’ve now added to this OpenLab site under:

Resources >Resources for finding journal and book publishers>>Books