Zetero 101: Tips and How-Tos: Home

Zotero is a free citation management tool, available at Zotero.org.  It was created originally as a Firefox extension, but has since evolved to include a standalone app that works with other browsers, such as Chrome and Safari.

Zotero is most useful for:

• Collecting and organizing different types of references (e.g. web pages, audio, video, articles, books)
  • Create a citation and capture snapshots of websites
  • Assign tags or create collections to organize materials as you see fit
• Inserting citations and creating bibliographies
  • Plugins allow you to insert citations and create bibliographies in Word docs
  • Drag and drop references into any text field (email, blog post, Google docs)
  • Hundreds of citation styles available
• Working collaboratively
  • Create private or public groups, and create a library of shared resources
• Working on any computer
  • Register and create a profile on Zotero.org to sync and access your library from any computer with internet access