Organizing Information - Zotero

I've mentioned Zotero before and have links for my students to explore it but just recently viewed the online video tour available here. This is definitely worth taking time to explore - especially since so many of my research projects -- and there are numerous in process -- overlap. Even as I explore specific topics, I am analyzing how to approach teaching it using what I'm learning about historical cognition and historical thinking skills. My first step should be to put together a bibliography about Zotero. I wonder whether it needs to be on your own computer given that it might be difficult on a shared computer in a library - or at least from my cursory glance it appears that way. Once Zotero presents its promised server-side options, maybe it won't take an individual's own computer to do this. I can also see applications for teachers and pre-service teachers collecting and sharing resources for their history and social sciences classrooms.

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[Trevor]

Hello,

My name is Trevor I work on the Zotero project. You are indeed right, your collection is stored in your Mozilla profile. You can however import and export items and share them. You can also run Zotero on a USB key through portable Firefox.

Feel free to email me if you have any questions and enjoy Zotero!
-Trevor
trevor@zotero.org