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Zotero Guide

UTA Libraries' guide to the citation management tool Zotero

Adding citations by hand in Zotero

1. In your Zotero desktop client, navigate to the collection to which you wish to add a new citation.

2. Click the green “New item” button and select the appropriate option (book, book section, journal article, etc.).

3. Fill out all applicable fields in the pane that opens up on the right side of the Zotero desktop client.

Credits

A previous version of this LibGuide was developed, with permission, from the Michigan State University Zotero LibGuide and the "Migrating Citations from RefWorks to Zotero" page of the University of Minnesota RefWorks Transition website.