Community reviews for ZoteroBib

I was very impressed by this product and wish that I had known about it a couple of years ago. It would have made my time writing as an undergrad much easier. My only possible criticism would be its appearance. It has a minimalistic, utilitarian appearance that might not be particularly inviting to some. Personally, I loved that about it, too, but I can certainly see how someone who was already not particularly excited about the prospect of doing a lot of research and writing a paper or putting together some other sort of research project might also be put off by the way this tool looks. They might even feel a little intimidated by it since it is not always all that intuitive. That is why I would recommend introducing only one or two functionalities at a time as they are needed for the stage of research the students are in. That said, once students become comfortable with it, Zotero has the potential to really demystify some of the most daunting and often least interesting parts of doing research and creating something out of it. All of that time students often spend trying to organize their research, losing and having to rediscover sources, misplacing notes or forgetting where they came from, and finally making sure that they use the right format to cite sources and build a bibliography is time better spent on the actual project. This may not be the sort of tool that can be used on its own to gain a deeper understanding of a particular topic but it allows teachers and students to spend less time on organizational and formatting matters so that there is more time to ensure that the assignment it facilitates does do that.