Altmetrics & Academic Social Media: Zotero

Sign up for Zotero by creating a new login.

Import your citations and .pdfs into your library.

Zotero is an open-source Citation Management tool

Zotero is free, with extra storage and features available for a fee

Zotero has a strong user community and forum

Zotero is a project of the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at George Mason University

From the Zotero Blog

• Zotero Quick Start Guide
• Get Help with Zotero
• Zotero FAQs
• Compatible Databases
• Citation Styles
• User Forums

Zotero is available via web, firefox extension, and new standalone desktop version. This short guide contains the best features of each.

Zotero Web

• Access your profile and library online.
• Friend colleagues and other Zotero users
• Create, search for, and join private and public user groups.
• Zotero Import Icon on browser address bar for Databases, Library Catalog, New York Times, and Amazon

Zotero Firefox Extension

• Sync with your online library
• See your folders and library displayed in a window at the bottom of your browser

Zotero Standalone

• New version 4
• Integrates with MS Word and other word processors
• Can annotate .pdfs (must have Xpdf installed; find directions in the "Zotero Settings" menu in the "Settings" tab)
• Sync with your online library

Zotero Mobile

• Access your profile and library on your phone or device

Android Apps link	For iPhones and iPads

Zotero detects when you are looking at an article in a database, the New York Times, a book in the library catalog or at Amazon.com. Click on the icon to add to your library.

Library Catalog:

Database/Article:

Manual Add:

You can manually add items using the green plus button on the Zotero toolbar.