Zotero

About Zotero

Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share research. It is a type of reference management software, which you can use to assist you in referencing correctly in your essays. You can download Zotero to your own device for free. Download Zotero here.

Why should I use a reference management tool?

Throughout your time at college, you will read hundreds of pieces of research while studying and writing essays. Maintaining a record of these is good academic practice. It is also useful for you to keep a record of articles and books you have referenced in a particular essay, as they may be good sources for another module.

Referencing is a mandatory part of academic writing and doing it incorrectly may be considered plagiarism.

A reference management tool, such as Zotero, can store all of your references for you. It can also store your PDFs of articles. You can use Zotero to generate your reference list automatically for you at the end of your essay. You can even use the Microsoft Word plugin to help you cite correctly within the body of your essay. You can set Zotero to generate your references in the style that is required for your essays, APA.

Below you'll find a video tutorial on how to use Zotero