Reference Management with Zotero – Compact Course (TU9)

January 21, 2026, 10:00 a.m. (CET)

Topic: Prepare for the job market
Provider: University Library

Time: January 21, 2026, 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Maximum number of participants: 30
Lecturer: Hannah Kempe
Event language: English
This continuing education course is aimed at : International students, Lecturers, Professors, Students, Doctoral researchers, postdocs
Meeting mode: online
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This event is aimed at everyone interested who has no previous knowledge of Zotero.

In this course, you will learn about the most important features of the reference management system Zotero: You will learn how to collect and organize references and easily incorporate them into your text.

The free open-source tool can be used on Windows, macOS or Linux.

Course content:

  • System structure and features
  • Collecting references and PDFs, creating notes
  • Organizing knowledge with collections and tags
  • Adding citations (footnotes or in-text citations) to word processing documents
  • Creating a bibliography

Duration: approx. 90 minutes.

Please install Zotero in advance: https://www.zotero.org/download/

You will be needing Zotero, a browser connector, and the Word/LibreOffice plugin.

The course is offered as a web seminar.

You will receive the invitation to the online course a few days before the event date.

Dates and registration

This online seminar is part of a virtual event series of the TU9 Libraries.

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