Comments on: Zotero: the best open-source app you’ve never heard of.

By: Use Zotero in a separate window - Jason Priem

Use Zotero in a separate window - Jason Priem — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:05:42 +0000

[...] I’ve written before, I love the free citation manager Zotero. And the group and sharing features that just dropped [...]

By: Sapientia ex machina: A blog about computers and education

Sapientia ex machina: A blog about computers and education — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:19:05 +0000

[...] discussed in a previous post, I’m an enthusiastic user of the free reference manager Zotero; I’m impressed with how such young, open-source product has managed to quickly outshine [...]

By: dennis

dennis — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:03:22 +0000

As is often the case, I appear to have spoken too soon. It seems the “Create Bibliography” produces exactly what I want for my library without the need to delete the abstracts. I just break it down by year and get manageable, reasonably chronological listings of the refs. Though, a fully tailorable Report editor would still be nice. Thanks again.

By: dennis

dennis — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:24:35 +0000

Just found zotero while looking for an OOo compatible reference manager (have been using bibus). Looks great, and your report customizer is (almost) a great help. I would be (almost) completely happy if you were to include the exclusion of the “Abstract”

I pull article refs from ISI Web of Science, and while I like having the abstract locally, it takes up a lot of space in the reports.

Thanks for your work!

By: Margaret

Margaret — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:25:27 +0000

Thanks! I will!

By: jason

jason — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:28:57 +0000

Margaret, it wouldn’t be too hard to exclude those as well; I find that I’m pretty short on time since I got my new job, though, so it may not happen for a little while. However, if I get any other requests to add those categories I’ll make it a priority. Check back in a few weeks?

By: Margaret

Margaret — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 06:18:47 +0000

I liked your Zotero report customizer. But, what if I want to exclude other fields than the ones you selected? With books, for instance, sometimes I don’t need or want info like number of pages, ISBN, short title, call number and repository. Thanks for your work!

By: jason

jason — Sun, 25 May 2008 14:54:20 +0000

@Ken: [I think Ken meant to comment on this post] Good point; if the video was the only chemistry instruction your students got, they might end up with some unusual ideas about the subject, to say the least. In the classroom, I think the virtue of the piece would be less in teaching "what chemistry is all about" and more in provoking a discussion or maybe introducing a project.

By: Ken Allan

Ken Allan — Sun, 25 May 2008 09:19:03 +0000

Kia Ora

I teach chemistry. I have used this theme in the classroom and often referred to it as a model but not the way it is depicted in the video.

While the theme on the video appears to be chemical elements and their reactions there really is little learning on chemistry conveyed, which is a pity. The idea is one that has some merit but without some careful thought to the plot there’s little to pass on to a student who would like to learn what chemistry is really all about.

Thanks for the opportunity to view a video with a chemical theme.

Ka kite
from Middle-earth

By: jason

jason — Fri, 23 May 2008 23:38:09 +0000

Yep, pretty powerful. MLA, APA--and a few dozen more to boot (although I'm pretty much all APA all the time, meself).