Zotero has fairly advanced features – you can add tags and make notes within the program and you can also save the PDFs of articles within the program but I will not get into these things here. You can create folders and subfolders to organise your sources as I have done or you can keep them all in a big list. Below you can see what my Zotero library looks like. The first thing to do is learn how to get your sources into Zotero. How are we going to make use of this software? First I am going to show you how to save sources into Zotero and then how to use them in a document. IF YOU CAN’T SEE ANY OF THESE YET, scroll down to the end of this post to my ‘troubleshooting section’. Look very hard because it is easy to miss, don’t give up too soon! In Word for Mac 2011 you should also find a small toolbar on your screen. If you have Word open it will ask you to restart it for the plugin to become active.Īfter installing these files Zotero should appear in Word through the script icon in your menu bar. The first includes the software itself and the plugin for Word and the second includes a connector for your browser (it will become clearer what this is later). You should have two files to install now. google chrome, Safari or Firefox) to download whats called ‘the connector’. I recommend the Zotero Standalone package that you can download here. Zotero collects the information you need about your sources from the internet and then automatically creates citations and bibliographies in your documents.

Never think about your citations and bibliography again.

Zotero chrome plugin troubleshooting