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Zotero: More help

This guide will help you use the free online citation and research management tool Zotero to organize citations from Library catalogs and databases.

Zotero Basics - online tutorial

For better visibility, click the Google Slides icon and launch the slideshow. Or just click on this Zotero Basics link. Please note that this tutorial was created with examples from Zotero 5.0, but the functionality remains the same.

Use Library Lookup to find full text

In the General section of Zotero settings, look for Locate. Click on the drop-down arrow in the resolver field, choose North America, and then scroll down until you find University of California, Berkeley.  This will add the URL of the resolver that will help you find full text when you use the Library Lookup feature.

path to follow to locate UCB resolver

When you want to retrieve an item not already stored in your collection, click on the arrow at the bottom of the right navigation bar and choose Library Lookup to locate the item in UC Library Search.

 

Language Support

Switching languages

Zotero's interface language defaults to matching the operating system's language. You can change the language to one of the options provided in the drop-down menu under the General section of Zotero settings.

Changing the language in the settings will change the language of commands in the client interface. It will also change language in citations and bibliographies that are output from Zotero.

Citation exported using English interface:

bibliography entry showing quotation marks and number abbreviation highlighted

Citation exported after interface is changed to Italian:

the bibliography entry shows a different style of quotation marks and the italian abbreviation for issue

 

To keep Zotero's user interface in one language, but to use another language for the citations and bibliographies created by Zotero, select the citation language you would like to use from either:

  • The Create Bibliography from Selected Item(s) dialog
  • The word processor integration plugin's document preferences window
  • Under Quick Copy in the Export section of Zotero settings

JURIS-M is an unofficial version of Zotero that allows you to store transliterations and translations of names, titles, and other fields, and create citations and bibliographies that show this information.

More Add-ons (plugins)

On the Zotero site you can find a list of additional plugins for Zotero created by Zotero users.