Zotero
Getting Started
Zotero is a free citation management tool that can automatically import citations into your personal account, organize sources into folders, and generate bibliographies in a variety of citation styles. It also includes a word processor plugin for formatting footnotes and parenthetical citations.
UR Libraries subscribe to Zotero unlimited storage for personal and group cloud storage. Users can create as many research groups as they like, with as many members as they need. Sign-up with your @richmond.edu email to use this storage.
- Zoterobib is a quick cite tool for citing individual items or creating bibliographies on the fly.
- Zotero downloaded to your personal computer offers the full citation management features and syncs with the web. Zotero web version offers the majority of the features of the download version and syncs with your Zotero library if you have downloaded Zotero.
Learning Resources
- Zotero ConnectorsThe Zotero Connector browser extensions allow you to add items to your Zotero library with the click of a button in Firefox, Chrome, or Safari.
- Zotero Guide | Getting StartedResearch Guide created by Jason Puckett and licensed by Georgia State University Library under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial License.
- Zotero Tutorials (UR)How-To videos on Zotero created by the Boatwright Library librarians.
- List of Zotero tutorialsZotero 5.0 + help tutorials - suggestions from the Zotero website.
- Zotero Quick Guide (UR)Get started with Zotero with this 2-page quick guide written by UR librarians.
Zotero Tutorials
Produced by UR liaison librarians, the three-video series below will walk you through how to download and set-up Zotero, how to add content into the program, and how to export citations to your finished research products.
Looking for further assistance with Zotero? Please contact your liaison librarians on the home page of this guide.
Looking for additional research skill tutorials? Check out the library's full tutorials suite by copying/pasting the following link into your browser: https://libguides.richmond.edu/library-tutorials