Writing 101: Trauma Literature

Zotero is a free, open source, easy-to-use citation management tool that helps you to collect, manage, cite, and share your research sources.

How to Set Up Zotero

Account Registration:

This step sets up your account. You will be able to sync and access your library from anywhere, and it lets you join groups and back up all your attached files.

1. Go to Zotero.org
   • Select register
   • Fill out the registration form
   • Authenticate your account via your email
   • ​If you want to use Zotero after graduation, you may want to register with a personal email account

Download Zotero to Desktop:

For the full Zotero experience install the Zotero desktop app, which allows you to organize your references efficiently, insert citations automatically into Word, LibreOffice, Google Docs, and much more.

1. Select the Download Zotero 5.0 button at Zotero.org/download/
   • The site will automatically detect your operating system (Win, Mac, Linux*) and browser.
2. Open the downloaded Zotero file (.exe or .dmg).
3. Follow the prompts to install Zotero on your desktop.
   • Zotero and an MS Word add-in will be installed

Install Zotero Connector:'

The Zotero Connector automatically senses content as you browse the web and allows you to save items/ most webpages to Zotero with a single click.

         1. Select "Install Chrome Connector" or select Zotero Connectors for other browsers for Firefox, or Safari or Edge connector.

         2. Open Zotero on your desktop

         3.  Sync Zotero to your account 

• In your Zotero library, select Zotero-->Preferences-->Sync (Mac); Edit-->Preferences-->Sync (Windows)

• Enter in your account information
• Click Set up Syncing
• Click the Green sync button in the upper-right hand corner to manually sync

    4. Start adding sources!

Citing with Zotero

There are two ways to cite references using Zotero: Quick-Citing and the Word Plug-In

Word Plug-In

This Zotero feature requires Microsoft Word (if you do not have Word, skip to Quick-Citing below)

1. Open Word, or restart Word
   • Once you install Zotero, the Word Plug-in will cite automatically)
2. Locate the plug-in in Microsoft Word
   • Look for a toolbar, similar to the ones below
     • Depending on your version of Microsoft Word, this might be in different places—look either under Add-Ins, under Tools, or for a small pop-up window

3. Start citing
   • Create an in-text citation using the insert citation button [#1 in figure above]
     • Select a citation style
     • Search or select the citation in your Zotero Library
   • Generate a bibliography [#2 in figure above] (this requires at least one in-text citation)
     • To change the style you cited in, click on the Doc Preferences [#3 above]
     • If you need additional styles you can download them at the Zotero Style Repository: https://www.zotero.org/styles

Quick-Citing

1. Right-click or Control click on a source in your Zotero Library (use shift to select multiple sources) 

2. Select “Create a Bibliography from Item” from the drop-down list 

   • To create an in-text citation, use the Citations output
   • To create a reference list, select the Bibliography output
3. Choose an output method (Copy to Clipboard is easiest for pasting directly into a document)
   • ​​Paste into a document or open the document (if output was RTF or HTML)

ZoteroBib

ZoteroBib is a interactive web tool that lets you create citations using a title, URL, ISBN, DOI or other identifiers to create citations and bibliographies.

Go to zbib.org to use the tool.