Zotero Overview
What is Zotero?
Zotero is an application that helps you collect and store your citation information for later use in papers and bibliographies. You can link to or attach PDF files to your citations then use Zotero's Word plug-in for one-click in-text citations as you write. When you're finished, another one-click installs your completed bibliography. The program also lets you create and share libraries with others.
Step-by-Step Zotero 6.0 Guide
KU Library's free Zotero guide, Using Zotero for Citation Management: A Step-by-Step Guide to Organizing and Citing Your Research (2023), can be accessed via PressBooks. (A PDF version of this book can also be downloaded here.)
Upcoming Zotero Workshops
Would you like to attend a free Zotero Workshop? Check the workshop calendar: https://workshops.ku.edu/
Downloadable Zotero Guides
Step-by-Step Guides for Older Zotero Versions
- Zotero 5.0 Step-by-Step GuideA comprehensive how-to guide with screenshots for installing Zotero 5.0, building a library and working with Zotero's citation tools within Word.
- Zotero 5.0 Quick GuideDo you need just a quick overview of how to install Zotero, collect and organize sources, and write your paper? Then download this quick guide, written by KUMC librarian Prasanna Vaduvathiriyan.
- Installing Zotero 5.0This guide will show you how to install Zotero 5.0, and how to add connectors for Firefox, Safari, and Chrome
- Building a Library from Stored PDFsYou can import single PDFs or groups of PDF files stored on your computer to your Zotero library and Zotero will search Google Scholar and add citation information for as many as it can find.
- Working with Tags in ZoteroYou can tag Zotero items with keywords and colors to make it easier to find related items.
- Zotero and WordThis guide will show you how to use Zotero in tandem with Microsoft Word.
- Zotero in the CloudThis guide will discuss Zotero's Cloud feature, and will walk you through creating an account, syncing your library, creating and sharing groups, and copying files into and from shared accounts.
- Zotero 5.0 to EndNote X7 or X8 TransferCopy citations from your Zotero library to an EndNote library.
Important Note: It is not possible to transport attached PDF files from Zotero to EndNote. - EndNote X7 or X8 to Zotero 5.0A step-by-step guide for exporting EndNote references to Zotero.
Citation Management Specialist
Zotero Troubleshooting
For questions or for help with Zotero:
Specific Issues
Juris-M Support
Juris-M for Multilingual Support
Working with languages other than English? Or non-Roman scripts? Juris-M very well could be the answer for you. Juris-M is a "Zotero variant" that will allow you to more easily work with legal writing and multilingual resources.