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Engineering 156: Technical & Professional Writing for Science & Engineers

Zotero guidance for use with papers

Creating a Bibliography

Zotero library with files highlighted and right clicked to show menu you can use to create a bibliography

To create a bibliography, select the items you want to cite. Then right-click on them and select "Create Bibliography from Items."

You will be prompted to choose a citation style. You can also choose to save your bibliography as an RTF or HTML, copy to your clipboard, or print.

Zotero Tools

You can add bibliographies and in-text citations using Zotero add-ons for Microsoft Word, Google Docs, and Libre Office.

Word processor plugins for Word and LibreOffice are bundled with Zotero. They should install automatically when you first start Zotero.

All three allow you to add / edits citations and bibliographies. 

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