Zotero User Guide For older version 4.0x rev. July 13, 2017 by Mike Strahan Zotero is a free Web application developed for the Firefox and Google Chrome Internet browsers which allows you to quickly format references in a multitude of styles (APA, MLA, Chicago, Turabian, etc.). Zotero allows you to collect, manage, cite, and share references you've collected for your research. Follow directions below to install either Zotero for Firefox, or - Zotero for Firefox - Check Version of Firefox The Zotero for Firefox is a plugin for the Firefox Internet browser. If you've never used Firefox, go to All Programs, Mozilla Firefox and click Firefox to launch. The Firefox icon may be in your task bar so you might be able to open Firefox from there as well. Once you have Firefox open, you need to check that it is a current version-29.0.1 or higher (Zotero has problems with earlier versions). To do this open Firefox and go to the menu heading Help, and select 'About Mozilla Firefox'. If it says you have a lower-numbered version, it will automatically download & install the latest version.
Install Zotero Once you have the latest version, open Firefox and and install the program. When using FireFox NMU Library faculty recommend you click on the label: Zotero for FireFox, not Zotero Standalone for FireFox. You may get the message Firefox prevented this site (www.zotero.org) from asking you to install software on your computer. Click on the Allow button. Once installed you will need to restart Firefox. You should see a big Z in the upper-right corner of the FireFox browser (see below) and you will be taken to the Zotero web site. You do not need to register your Zotero account but you may want to do this at a later date as there are a number of advantages including the ability to back up your citations to the Zotero site, allowing you to access them from any computer at any time. Next, install the word processor plugin Install Microsoft Word/LibreOffice Plugin - Close Microsoft Word/LibreOffice before proceeding The next step is to download the word processor plugin. This plugin allows you to create a bibliography, in-text citations, and footnotes or end notes from within a Word document.
Make sure Microsoft Word is not running when you install this plugin. Also, this requires a Java Runtime Environment (JRE) (will prompt to install if not present). Click to download & install (for FireFox, compatible with Word 2003-2016 excluding Word 2010 Starter Edition, and Firefox 31-37) OR (compatible with Word 2004-2016 and Firefox 4 or later). Click to download & install (for Firefox, compatible with all versions of LibreOffice, all versions of Apache OpenOffice, and OpenOffice.org 3.0-3.3.x).
When you open MS Word or other word processor after installing the plugin, the Add-in tab should appear as below. If it does not appear,.
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There are over 6,000 citation styles available for Zotero including many styles based on individual journal titles. Zotero only comes configured with the more popular 15-20 styles but go to the and you can add any of the additional styles. You are now ready to use Zotero. The videos below will show you how to use the key features of this program. We also recommend you click on to make Zotero work better with NMU resources. Install Standalone Zotero (Chrome) - The standalone version of Zotero for Google Chrome is a separate program, not a browser plugin. First, close all word processing programs/files.
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Next, to download & install Zotero Standalone, first open Chrome & then & install the program. Please make sure you use the choices on the right side of the screen, and click on Zotero 4.0 for Windows (or Mac if you are running a Mac). See Windows version screenshot below: Once Standalone is installed, & click on the Chrome button to install the browser extension. As indicated in the snapshot above, the word processing plugin is included & automatically installed. When you open MS Word or other word processor after installation, the Add-in tab should appear as below. If it does not appear,. There are over 6,000 citation styles available for Zotero including many styles based on individual journal titles.
Zotero only comes configured with the more popular 15-20 styles but go to the and you can add any of the additional styles. You are now ready to use Zotero. The videos below will show you how to use the key features of this program. We also recommend you click on to make Zotero work better with NMU resources. Using Zotero The following videos will take you through the process of importing citations into your Zotero databases, manually creating an entry in Zotero, organizing your citations by collection, and using the MS Word feature to format citations in your research paper. The first two videos have some overlap. However, it is helpful to see how to import citations more than once. Also, the second video goes into more details. As with most things, Zotero is not perfect. Always check your citations for accuracy.
Zotero will not correct data or capitalized titles for instance. Be sure to check the data for each citation. You can always edit the citations in Zotero. (3:50) - A quick overview of importing citations from Websites or databases.
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(4:03) - A more detailed presentation on importing citations into Zotero. (3:05) - Shows you how to manually create a database entry. (3:07) - Shows you how to create folders to manage your citations. (2:55) - Shows you how to use the Zotero plugin with MS Word to create footnotes, endnotes, in-text citations, and bibliographies. There is also a helpful for the word processsor plugin.
Additional videos can be viewed at the Zotero page.