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Zotero

Introduction to Zotero, a citation manager .

Add Items to Zotero

For many databases and websites, Zotero senses when a list of books or articles is displayed by showing an icon in the address bar. This citation information can be saved with just a few clicks.

  • Click on the yellow folder or book icon in your browser's location bar to download citation information into your Zotero library. (Note: You will need to add the Zotero browser connector to see this icon.)

  • Choose item(s) to add to Zotero and click OK. It will automatically be added into your Zotero Library.


Adding PDFs

To include a PDF or any other file from your computer in Zotero, simply drag it to Zotero — you can drag to an existing item to attach the file or drag between items to store as an independent item. Zotero will automatically retrieve bibliographic metadata for the PDFs.