Zotero Guide

When you install Zotero, an add-in should be automatically inserted into Microsoft Word that creates a new Zotero menu at the top.  As you write your paper, you can insert in-text references and footnotes that will draw from the citation info in your Zotero library. You can then insert a bibliography of all the sources you've cited, in the style of your choosing.

First, open the Zotero menu in Word, click on Document Preferences, and choose the desired citation style. You can change the citation style here at any point.

To add a citation...

• Place your cursor where you would like the citation to appear
• Click Add/Edit Citation from the Zotero menu
• In the search bar that appears, type in the title or author of the source you'd like to cite. Click on the source when it appears
• To add specific page numbers to your citation, click on the author's name in the red search box. (It should turn a darker blue when you hover over it.) Type in the page number and hit Enter.

To add a bibliography, click Add/Edit Bibliography from the Zotero menu. You will need to have citations inserted in your document using Zotero for this to work. This should generate a bibliography with the sources you've cited so far. As you continue adding citations, the bibliography should automatically update. If not, you can click the Refresh button in the Zotero menu.

While most of the common citation styles are already in Zotero, the one you want to use may not be. To load a citation style so that you can create bibliographies and citations in that style, follow these steps in the Zotero program on your desktop:

• Go to your Preferences menu. On PCs, go to Edit (at the top), then Preferences. On Macs, go to Zotero (at the top), then Preferences.
• Click over to the Cite tab.
• Select "Get additional styles" at the bottom of the list of available styles.
• This will open a pop-up window where you can search for and select the citation style you want to add. When you find it, simply click the blue link of the citation style, and it will be added to your list of available styles.