1. Cite Your Sources Easier and Faster with
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2. 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

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 (3 different ways)
Explore other features (like groups)

6. Close and quit Microsoft Word!

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

8. 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 or Safari If one of these is your preferred browser, ask me about your options!

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

10. 3 ways to add sources to Zotero
From your browser (using Zotero Connector)
Drag and drop PDFs
By identifier (e.g., ISBN, DOI)

11. Add sources from your browser using Zotero Connector
Find the Zotero icon in your browser.

12. Add sources from your browser using Zotero Connector
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.”)

13. 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”

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

15. Organize your sources
Add sources to folders (called Collections in Zotero)
Add or browse tags
De-duplicate your library

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

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

18. Organize your sources: de-duplicate your library

19. 3 ways to create references
By drag and drop (references only)
Right-click to create a bibliography from items in Zotero (references only)
Using the Word or Google Docs plug-in (in-text citations and references)

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

21. 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.
Not appearing in the right style? Change your default export style:
Preferences – Export – Default Format

22. Add references by right-clicking in Zotero
Select items for your bibliography.
Right-click and select “Create Bibliography from Items.”

23. Add references by right-clicking in Zotero
Choose citation style
Output Mode: select “Bibliography”
Output Method: select “Copy to Clipboard” to copy the bibliography
Click OK
Paste into a word document (MS Word, GoogleDocs, etc.)

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

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

26. 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!

27. Creating a bibliography

28. Changing the citation style

29. Create a group

30. Invite your colleagues

31. Share sources with your group

32. 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

33. 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
In order of appearance:
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