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Use Zotero Effectively: a Self-Paced Tutorial

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Write a Paper with Zotero

Quick basics:

Zotero In- text Citations (1:38) from McGill University Library

Zotero Footnote Citations (1:57) from McGill University Library

Easily make a standalone bibliography

In-depth:

Watch the video (COMING SOON)

Do these activities:

For Google Docs users

Make a standalone bibliography
1.    Highlight all items in a collection
2.    Right click and choose “create bibliography”
3.    Choose a citation style, choose bibliography, and set to “copy to clipboard”
4.    Open Word, paste, correct citations if necessary

Write a paper using Zotero to insert citations and create a bibliography
1.    Insert citations in the citation style of your choice
2.    Check the citations for accuracy
3.    Correct mistakes in Zotero (not in the document
4.    Change the style