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Zotero

This guide provides a basic overview and introduction to using the Zotero citation manager.

Creating Quick Bibliographies

It's easy to create a bibliography from your Zotero library.

Select the references or collections you want to include. Right-click one of the selected items and choose Create Bibliography.

Choose the bibliographic style you want, select Copy to Clipboard, click OK and paste into your word processor.

Screenshot of Create Bibliography From Collection option in Zotero desktop client

This method works with any word processor (or anywhere you can paste text).

Creating Your Bibliography While You Write

Screenshot of Add/Edit Citation, Add/Edit Bibliography, and Document Preferences options in Zotero desktop client​Zotero offers word processing plugins for Word, GoogleDocs and others. The plugin adds a Zotero toolbar to your word processor that allows you to add citations to your document while you write.

 

The toolbar looks different on different operating systems and versions of Word. Mousing over the toolbar will pop up each button's function if they're not clearly labeled.

Adding Additional Styles to Zotero

Zotero comes with the most common bibliographic styles, but many more are available.

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