Lab S2 : Adding References to Your Report with Zotero
Learning objectives
- Adding references exported from Zotero to your report
Adding references to your report
Step 1: Set up Zotero on your computer
Download Zotero to your computer and add the Zotero plugin to your web browser.
Step 2: Get references from Zotero
Go to PubMed and search for metagenome. Add 3 articles to your Zotero database
Step 3: Export the 3 references from Zotero
- Select the 3 references and select File > Export Library
- Export in
BibTeXformat. This will generate a file with a.bibextension. Do not include any spaces in your file name. - Upload the
.bibfile to Unity.
Step 4: Add the file name of your references library to your YAML block
---
title: "Lab 6"
author: "Your name"
format:
html:
toc: true
toc_float: true
embed-resources: true
execute:
warning: false
message: false
bibliography: MyReferences.bib
---Step 5: Cite the references in the text of your document
My reference file looks like this.
@Misc{Chang2015,
Title = {shiny: Web Application Framework for R. R package version 0.12.1},
Author = {Chang, W. and Cheng, J. and Allaire, JJ. and Xie, Y. and McPherson, J. },
Year = {2015},
Type = {Computer Program},
Url = {http://CRAN.R-project.org/package=shiny}
}
@Article{RCoreTeam,
Title = {R: A Language and Environment for Statistical Computing},
Author = {{R Core Team}},
Year = {2015},
Type = {Journal Article},
Url = {http://www.R-project.org}
}To cite this in my document I would use the following format.
Application written in R [@RCoreTeam] using the Shiny framework [@Chang2015].
Open your .bib file to see the appropriate @ names for your references.
Step 6: Add a section header for the references at the end of your document
When you Render the document the references will be added to the end of the document. To define this section and to make it visible in our outline put # References on the last line (or the appropriate header level for your report).
Exercises
Create and turn in a report that has 3 references.
Acknowledgements
Our labs are written in R (R Core Team 2015) and past labs have used th Shiny framework (Chang et al. 2015).