

When prompted to add the "Zotero Connector," click add extension. The browser extension allows you to automatically download citation information from journal websites or search tools like Google Scholar.Ĩ. Make sure to install the version that matches your browser, for example, Chrome. Under the 'General' preferences tab, note the options to 'Automatically attach associated PDFs' and 'Automatically tag items with keywords and subject headings,' and click. Click on the Action icon in Zotero (it looks like a little gear) then choose Preferences: 3. Next, download the browser extension, also at the Zotero download website. Look for the button in the lower right corner of your Firefox browser window.

Choose "standard" installation, then "install." On the last screen of the Wizard, click "finish."ħ. Walk through the four steps of the Wizard. Zotero works on all three major operating systems: PC, Mac, and Linux. Designed to be intuitive and unobtrusive (it looks a lot like an iTunes library), Zotero is a powerful and handy tool for any academic. If you have trouble finding the file, search your computer for "Zotero."ĥ. Zotero can be downloaded as a Firefox add-on or a standalone application that plugs into Chrome or Safari. Depending on your browser the location of downloaded files may be slightly different. The Zotero Firefox add-on works as expected with one caveat the pdftotext and pdfinfo plugins it needs in order to index and pull metadata from PDFs you. exe file will appear in the lower left corner of your browser. On the following page, first download the Zotero library assistant.

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(For directions on how to install Zotero for other browsers, check out these directions.) There are two download parts: installing the Zotero library (steps 2-6) and installing the Zotero browser extension (steps 7-8).Ģ. I will demonstrate installing Zotero Standalone for Chrome on a PC. Zotero works with the browsers Firefox, Chrome and Safari.
