Zotero for Citation Management

About

• Collections are folders in your Zotero library.
• Collections can help you organize sources by project or by topic.
• An item can live in multiple folders.
• Items removed from a collection will still be available in your Zotero library.

Instructions

1. To create a new collection, click the New Collection icon (looks like a folder with a plus sign).
2. Click and drag items in your library into collections.
3. You can also create sub-collections by right clicking on a particular collection.

About

• Tags are descriptors you can apply to individual items.
• Tags are useful when searching for items.
• Tags may be used instead of, or in addition to, Collections.
• Sometimes, tags will be downloaded automatically when you save a source.

Instructions

1. Click on an item.
2. From the right panel, click Tags.
3. Click Add.
4. Write in your tag and hit return.
5. TIP: use words that are not in the title of the article in your tags!

About

• You can take notes in Zotero.
• Each note will be associated with a specific item/source. This can make it easier to keep track of the source of quotes, notes, and summaries.
• Notes are searchable.
• You can have multiple notes associated with a single item.

Instructions

1. Click on an item.
2. In the right panel (or lower panel in stacked mode), click Notes.
3. Click "Add" to start a new note.
4. Take your notes.