Zotero

Zotero [zoh-TAIR-oh] is a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, cite, and share your research sources.

It lives right where you do your work—in the web browser itself.

Zotero Quick Start Guide

How do I open Zotero?

  • Click the Zotero icon in the bottom-right corner of your browser window to open your Zotero library.
  • This brings up a pane with all of your references, collections, and notes.
  • You can close Zotero by clicking on the X icon in the upper right of the Zotero window or by clicking on the logo again.
  • The Zotero window does not have to be open for you to do “quick saves” of material you want to add to your research collection.

Collect Everything

Record your online research with one click.

Capture Research Data

Organize Any Way

It has never been easier to organize research.

Intuitive Interface

Cite Anywhere

You're never more than one click from a bibliography.

Drag and Drop Bibliography

Zotero's iTunes-like interface allows you to quickly organize your research sources

Drag and Drop

Drag and drop bibliographies anywhere: into an email, a blog post, or any word processor

Word and OpenOffice Integration

Collect information on books, journal articles, and other resources with a single click in your location bar

Archive the Web

Drag and drop items into collections and tag them with terms relevant to your needs

Take Notes

Plugins for Word and OpenOffice make it easy to drop in references on the fly

Cite in Style

Archive entire web pages in your library

Store Anything

Easily take notes right alongside your items

Zotero comes preloaded with all major styles, and thousands of additional journal-specific styles are freely available

Store related PDFs, files, images, and links in your library