an offline database, and it does not
require constant internet access to
function. For users, who do not want to
download items from within their web
browser, it has the ability to serve as
stand-alone program that just happens to
use Firefox at its core. It has features
including a timeline generator, which
creates visual timelines of citations and
the ability to retrieve metadata for PDFs
using Google Scholar. Jargon like SFX
may be foreign to many users, but the fact
that Zotero can use library link resolvers
to get patrons back to a resource they
found earlier has wide appeal. Similarly,
the fact that it archives copies of web sites
may go unnoticed by many, while other
users may find it to be a lifesaver when
the web page they wanted to cite has been
changed. Just as cloud computing can be
an intimidating term, but being able to
access your Zotero database from
multiple computers is now an expected
feature for many users.