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Zotero for Citation Management

Quick tips and helpful links for getting started with the open source citation manager, Zotero. Easily collect and organize your references, and generate dynamic citations and bibliographies as you write.

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For more help using citations, see Zotero's very thorough documentation.

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Zotero comes with the most popular citation styles already installed. If the style you need is not included by default, there are more than 9,000 additional styles available through the Zotero Style Repository.

ZoteroBib

If you have a list of references and need to quickly generate a bibliography, consider using Zbib, Zotero's bibliography generator.

From Zotero

There are two quick methods for generating a bibliography in Zotero:

  • Drag a reference to any text field, and Zotero will format a citation for you.
  • Select the references you want. Right click, choose Create Bibliography from Selected Item(s)…, and select the format you prefer.
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