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How to Use Zotero

What is Zotero?

Zotero is an open-access, easy-to-use reference management tool that serves as your personal research assistant and helps you collect, organize, cite, and share your research sources. 

Zotero allows you to:

  1. Save references from library catalogs, research databases, and the Web.  
  2. Add PDFs, images, audio and video files, snapshots of web pages, and more.
  3. Write annotations and attach them to citations.
  4. Create bibliographies using most major citation styles.