Advanced Zotero Tutorial: Practical Research Tools

This advanced Zotero tutorial will focus on demonstrating tools for academic literature tracking and research evaluation. It is designed to help you build an efficient and sustainable system for acquiring academic information, stay up to date with the latest developments in your research field, and develop a clear and standardized understanding of how to interpret and apply various research evaluation metrics. Ultimately, this will enhance your research judgment and academic assessment capabilities.

Details 

Date: April 23rd, 2026 (Thursday)

Time: 14:00 - 15:00

Venue: CBPM C324

Speaker: CHENG Zesheng, Subject Librarian

Highlights

• RSS Subscriptions: Mechanisms, types, and applications of RSS subscriptions.

• Research Evaluation Metrics: Configuring Journal Quartiles, Impact Factor, Citation Count.

• ZotWatcher: Automatically tracking newly published literature.

Note

• Please bring your personal laptop to participate in the on-site demonstrations and hands-on practice.

• This workshop focuses on advanced Zotero techniques. It is recommended that participants be familiar with the basic operations of the software.

• Access the video recording via the Wenzhou-Kean University Library website after the workshop. (https://library.wku.edu.cn/en/library-workshop)

Lakefront Academy (Shu Hu Xue Tang) is an important platform for academic exchange and practice sharing at the Wenzhou-Kean University Library. It is dedicated to bringing together a wealth of activities such as lectures, seminars, workshops, academic competitions, and professional training, to set up a sparkling stage for the whole community to stimulate and inspire their thoughts.

Content | Cheng Zesheng & Tang Xulin

Layout | Zhang Chenting

First Review | Tang Lianyi

Second Reveiw | Ren Yuanyuan

Third Review | Xie Zhiwu