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Illinois State University

Zotero

This guide provides in-depth instructions on how to use Zotero, organize sources, and create in-text citations and bibliographies.

Citing and References

Once you have sources in your Zotero Library, you can now add in-text citations and bibliographies to your research paper, thesis, dissertation, or article. This section covers how to do the following.

Select, Change, Add a Style
Insert In-text Citations
Shows how to Insert an In-text Citation, Add a Page Number, and Omit an Author's Name.
Create Bibliographies
Provides ways to Add a Bibliography within a Word Processor, Creating a Bibliography from a Zotero Collection, and create Annotated Bibliographies.
Remove Zotero field codes
Learn how to remove the Zotero field codes for submission to a publisher or thesis / dissertation repository.
Troubleshooting Plug-in