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[COLLECTING SOURCES] Zotero, a app that lets us collect sources very easily

-- Class Log--
In class today, we were showed how to use Zotero and its great features for collecting and crediting sources. Zotero was made by researchers, and its open source (yay!).
There was a problem about "installing" on the school PC. I believe you can install and use the app without getting permission (plus, you can launch the app from USB drive) by installing a "portable version" of Zotero.

With the portable version, you can carry the app with the USB and launch it with any device without re-installing. The DOWNLOAD LINK.


-- Dev Log--
From the fact that Zotero is open-source, i believe as a developer myself, creating a new Japanese article reading plugin for Zotero will be a great help for many users here in Japan.

Also, I believe integrating the whole app format to whole web app will help in cases of device support and the time that it takes to sync the data. Although this can be easily made, I don't have the permission to use Zotero's data reader and crawler. So, I will consider creating something like Zotero, but on the web. (I like the "turning feel" of how it is like creating Google Docs when there is Microsoft Word).

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