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What is Zotero?
Zotero is a citation manager that links 4 important tools to let you save, organize, cite, and share your references.
Download the Zotero Desktop application and Zotero Connector
Register for your Zotero online account
Add with Zotero Browser Button / Add with Drag and Drop PDF / Manually Add / Export and Import
Use the Zotero browser toolbar button to add citations
With the Zotero desktop application running, click the browser button to put the citation and pdf (if available) in your Zotero library. The Zotero button may look like an page, book, or other type icon, depending on what is displayed in your browser window.
Don't see the Zotero Connector button? See our Zotero Help page.
In any database where you have a search result list of items appearing, you can import more than one item at a time from the list.
Select the Zotero Connector button [icon looks like a folder] and chose the items you wish to save from Zotero Item Selector.
Use these export/import processes for working with large numbers of items and entire search results. These processes do not import pdf attachments.
Export from Ebsco Databases / Export from PubMed / Export from ProQuest Databases
Import items into Zotero
Click OK if Zotero asks if you want to import the file. If this option does not appear follow the steps below.
Import items into Zotero
Click OK if Zotero asks if you want to import the file. If this option does not appear follow the steps below.
ProQuest does not currently have a large batch export process. You can, however, save up to 5 pages of 100 results each page to a folder and export the folder contents.
4.Click on the saved references Folder (top right).
5. Select the ... All save options button
6. Select RIS as the output option. Click Continue. The file will download.
Import items into Zotero
Click OK if Zotero asks if you want to import the file. If this option does not appear follow the steps below.
Create collections of items for papers or projects. Create sub-collections for grouping like items or to organize you work-flow, (for example Items to Read or Items to Request via Interlibrary Loan, etc.)
Drag and drop items from one collection to another.
Add important organizing information (like date and item type) to the Collection View area in order to work with items efficiently.
Add Notes to items to organize and search your reading notes, important quotes, facts, and information.
There are two types of notes: Child Notes and Standalone Notes. Child notes attach to individual items (like reading notes for an article). Standalone notes are for an entire collection (like a list of terms or tags for a project.)
You can drag and drop references from Zotero into a document. This works with anywhere you can paste text, like in a Word or Google document, a discussion board, or an email.
Select your citation style
Drag and drop a citation
Create a bibliography from a collection of citations
The Zotero word processor plug-ins for MSWord and Google Docs that let you cite as you write. When you downloaded the Zotero software and browser connector, this plug-in should have automatically installed in your word processor program. If you do not see Zotero on your Word ribbon or in Google Docs (and you've re-booted your computer after installing), see the Zotero Word Integration help link.
MS Word
Make sure the Zotero desktop application running. The Zotero tab should appear on your ribbon.
Google Docs
Make sure the Zotero desktop application running. The Zotero tab should appear on the ribbon.
The Zotero search bar will pop up. Use it (as in the examples for MS Word above) to search for your citation or to navigate to Classic View for additional citing options.
To use Group Libraries, you must have a Zotero online account.
Go to Zotero.org. Register for a Zotero online account. You may be asked to verify your email and/or sync your Zotero desktop library.
Syncing your Zotero desktop with Zotero online will allow you to access your Zotero library on multiple devises or on shared computer lab devises. To sync, open the Zotero desktop, the EDIT>Preferences>Sync
Enter your Zotero username and password and Set Up Syncing
Create a New Group
You can create a group library and invite people to share it.
From the Zotero desktop, select the Group icon and New Group. You'll be routed to Zotero.org.
Name the group and select the group type and Create Group.
Select the reading and editing settings for group members.
Invite member by clicking Member Settings and Send More Invitations.
You now have two sections in your Zotero collections pane: My Library and Group Libraries.
Personal and group libraries are entirely separate, and changes made to items in one library do not affect the other. You can drag items back and forth libraries to copy items.
Add More Members to an Existing Group
Don't see the Zotero button in your browser?
Make sure the desktop application is open and running.
Check your extensions [puzzle piece icon in Chrome/Firefox] and pin Zotero to your tool bar.
Zotero not listed there?
See: https://www.zotero.org/support/troubleshooting_translator_issues
Not seeing Zotero in Word or Google Docs? See these links for troubleshooting word processing.
See Getting Help at Zotero.org
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