Communication, Information and Media Center (KIM)

Reference management with Zotero

Main focus of Zotero

With Zotero you can

  • collect and manage your references online
  • import references from subject databases and library catalogues
  • automatically forward your bibliographic data and literature lists into seminar papers, theses and manuscripts

Installation

Zotero is available for the operating systems Windows, macOS and Linux.

  • The different versions of Zotero can be downloaded free of charge from the following website and then installed:
    www.zotero.org

  • For conveniently capturing literature directly from your browser, you will also need the Zotero Connector, which is also available from the Zotero download page.

  • The appropriate plugin for your word processor (Word, Libre Office...) is automatically installed with the Zotero installation.

Assistance and additional materials

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Links

Zotero

Further questions?

For technical and content questions on Zotero, you can contact the Reference Management team via email.

Or you can come to our Zotero advising sessions:

Thursdays from 1 - 5 p.m. in the Central Library