Zotero Reference & Citation Management

To add a PDF to Zotero you can:

• Drag and drop a PDF directly into your Zotero Desktop display
• Drag and drop a file of PDFs directly into your Zotero Desktop display
• Add a PDF to an existing citation
  • Drag the PDF on top of the record you want to attach it to
    OR
  • Right click the record you wish to add the PDF to
  • In the Drop Down select Add Attachment
  • Browse, select the file, and double click to add

Quick Tip: See the Organizing & Annotating page on this guide to better understand how to read and review PDFs in Zotero.

Zotero offers the functionality to add records, items, and citations from the web by utilizing the browser connector.

Note: Make sure you have downloaded the browser connector (instructions are on the homepage of this guide)

• In your Zotero Library make sure you are in the collection you want to save your items to
• In your browser click on the icon indicating the file type (a book, file, page, etc.). This will save the item into your Library
  • Note: If you are importing a file, which is multiple items, you will be given the option to select and deselect what you need before importing. This will be true when importing from search results in databases such as CINAHL, PubMed, and more.

Quick Tip: Zotero won't work with every webpage. Whether or not Zotero can recognize bibliographic information on a web page depends on the provider, not Zotero. If you don't see an icon to add a citation think about adding it manually or downloading the PDF.