Zotero - Citation Management Software

Creating a Bibliography

Right-Click to Create a Citation / Bibliography:

To create a bibliography:

1. select the items you want to cite
2. 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.

Using Quick Copy:

Quick Copy will let you quickly add references to a paper, email, blog, etc. To use it:

• Select items from your Zotero library and drag them into a text field (e.g., a Word document, Google Docs document, etc). Zotero will create a citation for you from the item.

You can set your Export preferences by:

• Mac -- opening Zotero settings in the desktop client and selecting Preferences. From there select "Export". 
• Windows & Linux -- opening "File" and selecting Zotero Preferences.

This will allow you to choose your preferred style.

More information about Quick Copy and creating bibliographies.

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.