2nd May, 2016 A successful training workshop on Zotero- A complete bibliographic tool was conducted at ICT Resource Center, Prime Institute of Public Health on May 2, 2016 by Dr.Naveed Sadiq.
Dr.Naveed Sadiq is PhD from University of South Carolina, USA and assistant professor at Prime Institute of Public Health and has a special interest in research and academia.
Candidates were enrolled from different backgrounds for workshop that included senior faculty members, PhD students and postgraduate internees.
The facilitator described various software that are available at cost and no-cost for creating and maintaining bibliography, in addition to the system requirements for those referencing software. The facilitator pointed out different tools available in Zotero for proper and effective operation of the software, and to prevent the loss of bibliography due to various software and hardware issues. Accessing Zotero on various workstations were also discussed.
The facilitator also described how to create libraries in Zotero for various researches, tagging stored items to quickly sort out later using the key words/tags, as well as creating notes for quick referencing or recall, and quoting and saving texts from websites to be incorporated in the references. Differentiation between using web browser link and word processor plugin for references and citations to be inserted while writing a research paper was also highlighted.
Participants were assessed through pre and post assessments. Post assessment test was followed by an interactive questions and answers sessions. The participants highly acknowledged the efforts made throughout the session and the importance of this session in their academic and research career. At the end of session, Certificates of participation were distributed among the participants.
