Zotero
Zotero is a free, open source browser app that collects, manages, cites, and shares your research sources. It lives right in your web browser, and has a similar design to the iTunes library.
For help with Zotero contact:
John Repplinger jrepplin@willamette.edu 503-370-6525
Bill Kelm, bkelm@willamette.edu, 503-375-5332
Getting Started
Register, download Zotero and associated plug-ins using these links:
- Zotero:
Register for a free Zotero account
- Zotero:
Download the appropriate Zotero and other add-ons for your computer
- Firefox:
Download Firefox if you would like to use it with Zotero
- Zotero Word Processor Integration:
Download the word processor plug-in to cite Zotero items in your Microsoft Word and/or OpenOffice documents
- Zotero Scholar Citations:
Download Zotero Scholar Citations to retrieve metadata for your PDFs using Google Scholar
- Portable Firefox:
Don't have Firefox? Download Portable Firefox to use Zotero on a flashdrive
- Zotero Mobile Apps
iOS and Andriod developers have been hard at work creating apps so that you can get the most out of Zotero on your mobile devices!
- Zotero Bookmarklet
The Zotero Bookmarklet is a bookmark you add to your browser to save the page you are reading directly to your Zotero library
- Readability:
This free add-on makes sites Zotero-friendly (if they aren't already)
- Qnotero:
This free program lives in your system tray and offers you quick and easy access to your Zotero PDFs and references
- Follow @Zotero on Twitter
Basics
Zotero Quick Start Guide: The A, B, C's of "Z"
Zotero is a production of the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at George Mason University and is funded by the United States Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
Zotero Firefox Add-on
Quickly download the Zotero Firefox Add-on:
- Open Firefox
- Click on Tools > Add-ons > Get Add-ons
- Search for the following:
- 'Zotero' and click the 'Add to Firefox' button or 'Install'
- 'Zotero WinWord Integration' and click the 'Add to Firefox' button or 'Install'
- Restart Firefox to apply the Add-ons
- Start collecting sources!
How does it work?
Zotero is comprised of three components:
- Translators - Interpret meta-data from websites, databases, videos, images, etc.
- Styles - Choose from over 20 standard citation styles and add more if necessary.
- Storage - Zotero lives in your browser using your Firefox profile; you are automatically given 300MB of free storage!
Once you get Zotero installed on your Firefox browser, look for the Zotero icon on the upper right side of the browser.
What does "Zotero" mean, anyway?
'Zotero' is based on the Albanian word "zotëroj," which means “to acquire, to master,” in terms of learning.
Subject Guide
Bill Kelm
Contact:
Mark O. Hatfield Library
Willamette University
900 State Street
Salem, OR 97301
503-375-5332
Website
Willamette University
900 State Street
Salem, OR 97301
503-375-5332
Subjects:Library Tools & Services
Creative Commons
This Zotero LibGuide by Marie Sciangula is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 United States License.