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Zotero: Citation management software

Adding citation styles to Zotero

A small list of citation styles is pre-populated in Document Preferences within your Zotero account.  You can add to the list by visiting the Zotero Style Repository.

Steps to add a new style:

  1. Search for styles of interest
  2. Hover your cursor on the style name to see examples of the style

 

  1. Click style you want to add.  Click OK.

 

  1. Style should now be added to your Zotero Document Preferences.

Use Control to locate citations

  1. After clicking on a citation in your library, press the Control key to determine in which folder it is saved.
  2. The folder will highlight in yellow.

Display all notes and attachments within a collection

  1. Click on the Collection/folder of interest
  2. Click on at least one citation in the collection in the centre panel
  3. Type + 
  4. All the references in the collection will open
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