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Zotero Reference Manager

This guide explains how to use Zotero, a free reference manager, to save, organise and cite your readings and resources.

Bibliographies

Zotero allows you to create bibliographies from saved citations in a range of common citation styles. There are two main methods to create a bibliography.

The first is to create a bibliography from a collection or subcollection. To do so, right-click on a collection and click "Create Bibliography from Collection".

To create a bibliography from specific items, CTRL+Click on multiple items, right click and select "Create Bibliography from Items".

A box will pop up where you can choose the desired citation style. For Harvard, select "Cite Them Right 12th edition - Harvard" - this is the version used at St. George's. For Vancouver, select "Vancouver".

Under "Output Mode", you can select if you want a list of in-text citations or a full bibliography. Under "Output Method", you can select the format you want the bibliography in. The example below shows a bibliography copied and pasted into Word using Zotero: