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CSC 498: Computer Science Senior Seminar: Zotero Citation Management

This guide provides suggested databases, tools, and searching strategies for your senior seminar assignment(s).

About Zotero

What Zotero Does

Zotero (pronounced "zoh-TAIR-oh") is an application that collects, manages, and cites research sources. It's easy to use, connects with your web browser to download sources, and best of all it's free.

Zotero allows you to attach PDFs, notes and images to your citations, organize them into collections for different projects, and create bibliographies.

The screencast below gives you a walk-through on downloading it and what it can do.

Get Zotero

Get Zotero

Click the image above (or this link https://www.zotero.org/) and:

  1. Download and install the Zotero application
  2. Come back and install a connector for your browser. (this helps you to download citation info directly from library databases)

What's ZoteroBib?

ZoteroBib s a free and easy way to create bibliographies made by the creators of Zotero. It can create bibliographies in 9,000 different styles that you can copy and paste into your paper.

Zotero FAQ Guide

If you have more questions regarding using Zotero, downloading the desktop application or the connector (browser extension) see our Zotero LibGuide.