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Librarian Consultant: Emily Mazure at (919) 660-1197

Zotero [zoh-TAIR-oh] is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share your research sources. It lives right where you do your work — in the Web browser itself.

Features include:

  • Plugin for Firefox (Other browsers are currently in beta)
  • Add many forms of content (PDF’s, images, audio, video, snapshots of Web pages, and more)
  • Assign tags to items in your library
  • Create citations and bibliographies in MS Word, OpenOffice, Google Docs, and more
  • Support thousands of citation styles
  • Synch your collection on multiple devices
  • Collaborate and share online
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Request Zotero Training
Librarians can meet with you individually or with your group.

Quick Start Guide: Video Tour
An overview of Zotero’s features and capabilities. Length: 3:11

Getting Stuff into Your Library
This screencast covers six ways to get things into Zotero. Length 4:03

Manually Adding Items
How to manually create a citation in Zotero.

Managing Your Library - Pt. 1: Collections
How to create collections in your library in Zotero.

Zotero and Microsoft Word
How to create citations and bibliographies in Microsoft Word with Zotero.

Retrieving PDF Metadata
How to obtain citation information from PDF’s on your computer.

Annotation and Highlighting
How to annotate and highlight items in your Zotero library.

More Video Tutorials from Zotero