1. Cite Your Sources Easier and Faster with
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2. Need help with Zotero after today?
Contact the citation management experts:
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3. How are you managing your references right now?

4. Why should I use Zotero? A free, open source citation management tool.
Helps you import, organize, share, and manage your citations and documents.
Helps you create correctly formatted in-text citations and bibliographies in almost any style.
Easily finds & formats relevant citation information from almost any website.

5. Today’s agenda Register for a Zotero account
Download & install Zotero install Zotero Connector
Add citations (3 different ways)
Organize your sources (folders, tags, de-duplication)
Create a bibliography (2 different ways)
Explore other features (like groups)

6. Register for a Zotero account (it’s free)

7. Download + install Zotero
Go to zotero.org/download
Download + install Zotero 5.0
Install Zotero Connector
Zotero Connector doesn’t work with .Internet Explorer or Microsoft Edge.. If one of these is your preferred browser, ask me about your options!

8. Log in to Zotero Go to Preferences. Go to the Sync tab + login.
Windows: Mac:
Go to the Sync tab + login.

9. 3 ways to add sources to Zotero
From your browser (using Zotero Connector)
Drag and drop PDFs
By identifier (e.g., ISBN, DOI)

10. Add sources from your browser to Zotero
Find the Zotero icon in your browser.

11. Add sources from your browser to Zotero
Click on the Zotero icon to add a source to your library.
Your new source will show up in your Zotero library.
(If it doesn’t show up immediately, click “Sync.”)

12. Add sources by drag + drop
Drag + drop a PDF from your computer into Zotero
To get the full citation information: Right click + select Retrieve Metadata for PDF

13. Add an item by identifier (ISBN or DOI)

14. Organize your sources: save sources to folders
In Zotero, folders are called Collections.
Create new Collection
Drag + drop sources into folders

15. Organize your sources: create tags
Add tags to a source
Browse your tag cluster

16. Organize your sources: de-duplicate your library

17. 2 ways to create references
By drag and drop (references only)
Using the Word plug-in (in-text citations and references)

18. Select citation style in Zotero
Go to Preferences.
Windows: Mac:
Go to the Cite tab to select a citation style.

19. Add references by drag + drop
Open a word document (e.g. MS Word, Google Docs).
Drag source(s) from your Zotero library into the document.

20. Find the Zotero Word add-in
For older versions of Mac (e.g. Word 2011), look for the script icon

21. Adding in-text citations in a given style
change style
add citations

22. Cite readings in-text with page numbers
Choose Add/Edit Citation, and search for the source you want to cite.
Double click on the citation inside the Zotero ribbon to add a page number. Then press Enter to add the citation!

23. Creating a bibliography

24. Changing the citation style

25. Create a group

26. Invite your colleagues

27. Share sources with your group

28. Need help with Zotero after today?
Contact the citation management experts:
Contact us by , or set up a phone, skype, or in-person appointment.
Chloe Riley | | | chloeannriley

29. Image Credits
All icons used were published with CC-BY licenses. They all come from Denis Sazhin’s collection “Cat Commerce,” available on The Noun Project: thenounproject.com
Cat Suit by Denis Sazhin Cat Phone by Denis Sazhin
Trash Digging Cat by Denis Sazhin Cat Calculator by Denis Sazhin
Reading Cat by Denis Sazhin Cat Mail by Denis Sazhin
Grumpy Cat by Denis Sazhin Refrigerator Cat by Denis Sazhin
Cat Food and Water by Denis Sazhin Information Cat by Denis Sazhin