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Zotero citation management

How to effectively use Zotero, the citation management software

Creating Quick Bibliographies

It's easy to create a bibliography from your Zotero library. These methods work with any word processor (or anywhere you can paste text).

Create a bibliography from a Collection

If you want to include everything in a Collection folder, right click on the folder in your Zotero Library. Click "Create Bibliography From Collection" option (see image at right).

Choose the bibliographic style you want, select Copy to Clipboard, click OK and paste into your word processor.

Create a bibliography from selected items

Select the references or collections you want to include. Hold the control key and click to select multiple items. One your list is complete, right-click one of the selected items and choose Create Bibliography (see image below).

Choose the bibliographic style you want, select Copy to Clipboard, click OK and paste into your word processor.

Create bibliography from selected Zotero list

Here is your bibliography