Zotero is a Firefox browser extension that lets you collect, manage, and cite a multitude of resources while surfing the Internet. Zotero "senses" citation information available in a website, PDF, book, article, or other web object, and allows you to save this information with one quick click. You can than add additional notes or tags to the captured information. In this way, you can gather research from many different sources, keep it organized, and then export right into Microsoft Word (or another word processor) when you are ready to type your paper.
Download and Installation
- In order to use Zotero you will first need to download and install the Firefox web browser.
- Once you have installed Firefox, you can download and install the Zotero extension.
Additional Resources
- Quick Start Guide (web based)
- Quick Start Guide (printable PDF)
- Tutorial on Zotero and its features
- Zotero Support and Documentation
Configuring Zotero for use with Healey Library Resources
To configure Zotero to find full-text resources through Healey Library
by clicking the gear icon
above the left pane of your Zotero window, selecting “Preferences,”
and manually substituting http://find.flo.org/umb/ under the openURL resolver.
Once this is set any citations within Zotero will link directly to the full text in the Healey Library collection by hitting the "Locate" button within the right pane of your Zotero toolbar.
Once you have configured Zotero you are ready to use it to gather citations and other information from book record or library catalog,journal or newspaper article, or webpage. See the Quick Start Guide for a guide to the symbols that Zotero will put in the URL address bar of your browser for different objects that it gather citations for.
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