EMLY B00113: Making Memory Matter

The most commonly used publication styles are created by the Modern Languages Association (MLA), the American Psychological Association (APA), and the University of Chicago.  For more details on each style, please visit the Citations Research Guide. 

(No matter what style your professor requests, a citation manager can help you organize and cite your sources, and so can a librarian.) 

Zotero (pronounced “zoh-TAIR-oh’) is a free citation management tool that helps you:

• Save all your citations in a single place
• Organize your references into collections for different subjects, projects, or courses
• Attach PDFs, notes, images, web pages, and other files to citations
• Cite sources quickly while writing
• Create bibliographies instantly in any standard citation style
• Share references and bibliographies with colleagues, students, or professors

LITS holds bi-weekly virtual workshops on how to use Zotero. Check the Daily Digest for listing. 

In order to get the most out of Zotero, you will need 4 things:

1. The Zotero application
2. A Zotero.org account
3. Web browser extensions
4. Microsoft Word plugin        

   If you're running Zotero 5.0 or Zotero Standalone 4.0, the word processor plugins are bundled with Zotero and should be installed automatically for each installed word processor when you first start Zotero.

   You can reinstall the plugins later from the Cite → Word Processor Plugins pane of the Zotero preferences. If you're having trouble, see Manually Installing the Zotero Word Processor Plugin or Word Processor Plugin Troubleshooting.

   If you previously installed the Firefox versions of the word processor plugins into Zotero 5.0 or Zotero Standalone 4.0, you should uninstall them from Tools → Add-ons.