When the red search bar appears, type an author name or title word to search your library. The first time you do this, Zotero will offer you a choice of bibliographic styles. To add a citation, click the Add/Edit Citation button on the toolbar. Place your cursor in your document where you want the citation to appear. _ Writing with Zotero in WordĬlick the Zotero tab in Word to see the Zotero menu. It includes the page's text and images, so if the page is removed later, or if you're offline, you'll still be able to view your copy. Zotero automatically saves a “snapshot” of the page: a copy of the page saved to your computer. To save a web page as a reference, right-click and choose “Save Zotero snapshot” in your browser (if using Zotero Standalone). Zotero can't automatically capture citation info from regular web pages, but you can still add them to your Zotero library. Click this to get a list of all the items on the page, and check off the ones you want to save. Saving Multiple Images at Once If you're on a page of search results with many items, you'll see a folder icon instead. Just click the icon and Zotero will automatically save the citation.
If Zotero detects that you're looking at a book or article on a catalog, database, or a site like, Wikipedia or the New York Times, you'll see a book or page or folder icon appear in the address bar of your browser. _ Saving Citations Zotero “watches” the pages you view to see if any of them contain citations to books, articles or other sources. Zotero does not work with Internet Explorer/Edge. Click the “Install Connector” link for your browser (Chrome, Firefox, or Safari) and follow the instructions.
#HOW DOES ZOTERO FOR CHROME WORK INSTALL#
Close Word before you run the installer so it can install the Word toolbar.Ģ.
#HOW DOES ZOTERO FOR CHROME WORK DOWNLOAD#
Download and install the Zotero application for your operating system. _ Installing Zotero There are two steps to installing Zotero from /download:ġ. It integrates with your web browser, where you do most of your research! What is Zotero? Zotero is a free, easy-to-use program to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources.