How to add a class power point as a referene

Dennis.Po
I have a PP presented in class and my own I'd like to use as a reference in a paper. How do I add them as a reference I can cite? I see loads of chatter about a connector for powerpoint like word has, that is not what I'm looking for.

Thanks
  • adamsmith
    (I think it's in most cases a questionable practice to cite class lectures -- you should find and cite the underlying scientific works, but that's just a sidenote)

    You can add a new item, type presentation and then add basic metadata (the professors name, the date of lecture, "class slides" or so in the type field, etc. You can choose to attache the pptx file or not -- that part is irrelevant for the citation.
  • Dennis.Po
    I guess I was more looking at citing my own, but included the instructor for context. Agree, on citing the underlying work though. I see the presentation, didn't see that before.
    Thanks
  • farukytkn
    Hi everyone,

    I’ve been working on a small experimental tool called CitePoint:

    https://github.com/digitalartificialint-cmd/CitePoint

    CitePoint is a Windows PowerPoint add-in that connects to a local Zotero Desktop library and lets users insert Zotero-based citations directly into PowerPoint slides.

    Current features:

    Search Zotero items from PowerPoint
    Select one or multiple sources
    Filter by Zotero collections
    Insert citations into the active slide
    Switch between APA, Chicago author-date, and IEEE-style numeric citations
    Generate slide-level numeric references
    Convert numeric citations like [1,2,3] to superscript
    Includes a Zotero companion add-on for local citation formatting support
    The current release is here:

    https://github.com/digitalartificialint-cmd/CitePoint/releases/tag/v0.1.24

    This is not an official Zotero or Microsoft product. It is an early community prototype, currently focused on Windows PowerPoint and Zotero 8.x. I’m sharing it to get feedback from Zotero users and developers, especially on whether this approach makes sense and what would be needed to make it more robust.

    Any feedback, suggestions, or technical criticism would be very welcome.
  • alicezundo
    Hi farukytkn!

    First of all, thanks so much for this — I've been scouring the internet for a tool like this, as we use PowerPoint all the time and manually numbering citations is a pain.

    On that note, I looked into your code and it works very well — however, it isn't compatible with the latest version of Zotero (9). I decided to tweak it so it works with Zotero 9, and since it wasn't originally built for that version, a few bugs surfaced along the way. I've fixed those, added a few new features, and made sure all your original functionality still works. I also translated the UI to English, since the version I downloaded was in Turkish (unfortunately I'm not fluent!).

    Below is a link to the GitHub repo with instructions, and here's a summary of what's changed:

    https://github.com/aliceexplains/CitePoint-Zotero9

    Fixed for Zotero 9 compatibility

    Updated manifest version bounds so the companion plugin loads on Zotero 9
    Fixed a citation renumbering bug that caused duplicate numbers on refresh

    New/improved features

    Full English translation of the UI
    Automatic superscript formatting on citation insert
    Bibliography reformatted into proper AMA/Vancouver style (author initials, abbreviated journal name, year, volume, issue, pages)
    Automatic NLM-style journal abbreviation
    Adjacent citations grouped automatically with commas and en-dashes (e.g. 1,2 or 1-3), instead of listing each one separately
    Made the citation picker pop-up more user-friendly — you can now select a specific Zotero folder/collection to browse, instead of scrolling through your entire library
    Reference box repositioned so it doesn't appear in Slide Show or PDF exports
    Fixed a rendering glitch where the invisible citation marker showed up as a visible box on some fonts

    If anyone uses this, extends it further, or has feedback, I'd love to hear it.

    Thanks again, farukytkn, for the foundational work!

    Best,
    Alice
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