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About Zotero

Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help collect, organise, annotate, cite, and share research. Zotero automatically senses research as you browse the web. You can sync your data across devices, keeping all your records up to date.

Using Zotero helps you:

  • to collect and save references automatically from library databases or websites. Its “web–scraping” feature can save digital references with just one click.
  • Save time by using the word processor plugins to automatically generate bibliographies, as well as in–text citations and footnotes.
  • Format your work to match over 10,000 citation styles
  • Share your Zotero library with colleagues
  • Sort items into collections and tag them with keywords
  • Create saved searches that automatically fill with relevant materials as you work

Get help 

Get help from a librarian when you need support beyond what you can find in this guide. Bookings are available for students, educators, and researchers.

Zotero also offers support with tutorials and documentation, and forums for technical troubleshooting.