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Use Zotero Effectively: a Self-Paced Tutorial

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Make a bibliography and write a paper

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

Zotero and Google Docs

In-depth:

Watch the video (COMING SOON)

Do these activities:

  • Make a standalone bibliography:
    • In Zotero, highlight all items in a collection
    • Right click and choose “create bibliography”
    • Choose a citation style, choose bibliography, and set to “copy to clipboard”
    •  Open Word and paste
       
  • Write a paper using Zotero to insert citations and create a bibliography:
    • Insert citations in Word using the Zotero plugin in the citation style of your choice
    • Check the citations for accuracy
    • Correct any citation mistakes in Zotero (rather than in the document) and use "refresh" in the Word Zotero Plugin
    • Change the citation style