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How to Use Zotero

Free software that automates the gathering of citations/PDFs, allows you to organize them, store them, take notes on your PDFs.

Add Sources

Browser Extension

Book, item and folder icons are displayed
in the Zotero Connector/extension button in your browser.

 

Identifier Number

 

Use ISBN, DOI or PMID within Zotero 7.0 desktop software

 

    

Save Webpages

 With Zotero 7.0 and the Zotero Connector
you can create an item from any webpage by clicking the
Zotero Connector/extension button in your browser.

 

Manually Add

 

Add information manually into Zotero.

 

PDFs

 

Drag and drop a PDF into Zotero--the middle pane.  By default, Zotero will
"automatically retrieve metadata for each PDF, create an appropriate parent
item, and rename the associated file based on the metadata.

  
Import From RefWorks, Mendeley, Endnote or other citation management tools.