Referencing

Exercise

We’re assuming installation of Zotero Desktop, Zotero Connector, and Better BibTex for Zotero were completed successfully.

  1. Open Zotero Desktop
  • log into your account
  • create a new collection for your project, for example: my-reproducible-manuscript
  1. Open your Web Browser
  • double-check that you can find the Zotero Connector in your browser
  • run a web / Google Scholar search for “Allison Horst PalmerPenguins Package”
  • use the Zotero Connector to save the reference to your collection
  1. In Zotero Desktop,
  • right-click your collection and select Export Collection
  • for the Format, select Better BibTex
  • click the option to Keep updated
  • provide the file name as references and save it in the same folder as your Quarto document
  1. In RStudio or VS Code,

  • update the YAML to include the bibliography:

    ---
title: "My Reproducible Manuscript"
format: html
bibliography: references.bib
---
  1. Insert a Citation

  • in the text of your Quarto document, insert the PalmerPenguins citation (hint: refer to the slides and your .bib file to figure how to format the citation)

  • alternatively, when using the Visual Editor option - you can use the citation dialog/option to insert citations directly.

  • render the document

  1. Repetition
  • repeat Step 2 with another reference
  • repeat Step 5 to insert the new reference
  • if you did a bracketed citation before, do an in-text citation this time (or vice versa)

Note: Steps 1, 3, 4 can be skipped. These were a one-time thing.

  1. BONUS: Change the citation style

  • Download a csl file into your project

  • Update the YAML to reference the citation style file:

    ---
title: "My Reproducible Manuscript"
format: html
bibliography: references.bib
csl: your-file-name.csl
---

  • Re-render your document and see if the citation style has changed!