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Reference management software: Zotero 7

Installation

To get started with Zotero, you need to download:

  • Zotero Library
  • Zotero connector to your browser
  • Zotero add-in to your word processor

Before you start, close your word processor and all MS Office applications.

Go to https://www.zotero.org/download/.

  1. Click on Zotero to install the Zotero Library and Zotero add-in i Word
  2. Click on Zotero Connector to download the Zotero extension to your web browser (available for Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge and Safari).
IMPORTANT NOTE! 
  • Do not save your Zotero library in a cloud storage folder or on a network drive, as this may damage the Zotero library: https://www.zotero.org/support/kb/data_directory_in_cloud_storage_folder.
  • If you have set up your Mac so that your Desktop and Documents are saved in iCloud, you should not save your Zotero library in the Documents folder or on the Desktop. Instead, you can create a special folder for your Zotero library in the Applications folder, which does not sync with iCloud.

Show Zotero icon in your browser toolbar

If the Zotero icon does not show up in the browser toolbar even though you downloaded the Connector, you need to make it visible. You can find the Zotero extension under the icon that looks like a puzzle piece.


Firefox

If you use Firefox, click on the puzzle piece → Extensions → activate Zotero Connector under Manage Your Extensions.


Chrome/Edge

If you use Chrome or Edge, click on Extensions (puzzle piece) and Pin or Show Zotero Connector.


Safari

If you use Safari, click on Settings, then choose Extensions (puzzle piece) and then tick Zotero connector.

Install Word Processor Add-in manually

If you cannot find the Zotero tab in your word processor, you need to install the add-in manually. Before installing the add-in, close your word processor. If you use Microsoft Word, also close other Microsoft Office programs such as Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint.

Click on Edit → Settings → Cite and click on Install Microsoft Add-in under Word Processors; or if you are using the LibreOffice Word processor instead, click on Install LibreOffice Add-in.