The icons in the browser are a separate add-on. You have to download Zotero, and also a plugin for whichever browser you want to use. If you use Firefox, then you can download the Firefox Zotero (all-in-one). If you use Chrome (as I do) then you can download Zotero Standalone, and then download the plugin/extension for Chrome.
I have a Mac laptop. I have downloaded Zotero, but still do not have the icon on my web browser so as to take full advantage of Zotero. I am not sure how to fix this.
I think you find the answer to your question here: <a href="https://www.zotero.org/support/word_processor_plugin_installation">https://www.zotero.org/support/word_processor_plugin_installation</a>.
It seems the XPI format is just a convenient or and system independent way for then to deploy the plugins.
A different story is when you use the Zotero standalone application.
Hope it helps,
Jordi
John,
I sort of had the same problem, and am also confused about what is going on. I think you need to start firefox, but when I downloaded it, I was asked for a program to open it. I did not know what to do, but when I opened Word, it was already installed. But the extension is supposedly some sort of zip file used by Firefox. How that creates a word plugin, is beyond me. I am curious if anyone has any info on this.
Cheers,
Bibliography styles are dependent on which "style" you choose to use. I am most comfortable with the ACS Style Guide (link: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/bk-2006-STYG.ch014) which doesn't have any specific guides to using SlideShare. However, page 221 of the PDF that I linked to has a recommended format for online unpublished conference presentations which probably fits best. It is not too common to cite individual slide numbers, but if you felt it was helpful, then I would reference it like a page number (p. 5 in your example).
I will encourage you to speak to your librarian, as well (or if one of the librarians wants to chime in here on OLCC). They are a wealth of information!
Unfortunately, I have no experience with LibreOffice. However, being an OpenSource and community-driven sort of group on both ends (LibreOffice and Zotero) I think that it is likely LibreOffice works just as well if not better than the Word add-in. I would also point out that one thing that often lags in Open Source software is up-to-date documentation. So, even if you find some reviews that say something doesn't work too well and no current documentation, I'd still give it a try. I'm usually surprised to find that things work better than the Zotero website even describes!
Mac Standalone Zotero
I have a Mac as well. I had
Mac Users
Word Plugin installs from XPI << Zotero is a Firefox Plugin
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RE: Citing Slides from SlideShare
Bibliography styles are dependent on which "style" you choose to use. I am most comfortable with the ACS Style Guide (link: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/bk-2006-STYG.ch014) which doesn't have any specific guides to using SlideShare. However, page 221 of the PDF that I linked to has a recommended format for online unpublished conference presentations which probably fits best. It is not too common to cite individual slide numbers, but if you felt it was helpful, then I would reference it like a page number (p. 5 in your example).
I will encourage you to speak to your librarian, as well (or if one of the librarians wants to chime in here on OLCC). They are a wealth of information!
Thanks,
Justin
RE: LibreOffice
Thanks for the question, Brandon!
Unfortunately, I have no experience with LibreOffice. However, being an OpenSource and community-driven sort of group on both ends (LibreOffice and Zotero) I think that it is likely LibreOffice works just as well if not better than the Word add-in. I would also point out that one thing that often lags in Open Source software is up-to-date documentation. So, even if you find some reviews that say something doesn't work too well and no current documentation, I'd still give it a try. I'm usually surprised to find that things work better than the Zotero website even describes!
Thanks,
Justin
Citing slideshare
When creating a bibliography using zotero what would be the correct way to cite say slide 5 of 30 slides from slideshare or another similar website.