Zotero

Zotero is a free, open source, easy-to-use citation management tool that helps you to collect, manage, cite, and share your research sources.

3 of the most useful features of Zotero for college students are:

• Save citations from databases, websites, and library catalogs.

• Cite sources "in-text" as you write

• Automatically create reference lists in most styles (e.g., APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.)

  • In Word, Google Docs, or LibreOffice

Zotero also enables you to:

• Collaborate with other users using Groups

• Attach PDF's, images, web page snapshots, and reading notes to your citations

• Manage, organize, and categorize references into collections and sub-collections and by using tags

• Utilize search feature to find your references

• Create a bibliography and export to other platforms

• Export your references to another system at a later date if you so choose

This guide has been adapted from Davidson College Library's Zotero Guide, which is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.