Billed as your personal research assistant, Zotero is a free online tool that helps you collect, organize, cite, and share research.
Please see the University of California-Berkeley's exhaustive library guide to using Zotero here.
Register for a free Zotero account here.
Consult the UC Berkeley library guide about how to use Zotero.
ZoteroBib helps you build a bibliography from any computer or device without creating an account or installing software.
Zotero is a tool that collects, manages, and cites the sources you find during your research. In addition to saving a citation, you can add notes and images in your Zotero library and in many cases automatically download PDFs.
You can use Zotero to...
Why use Zotero over another tool, like RefWorks or Endnote?
With ZoteroBib, you can create a bibliography from any computer or device without creating an account or installing software. You'll be able to create citations in the citation styles we use at Cañada College, APA, MLA, CSE and Chicago.
You can copy or type in an ISBN, DOI, PubMed ID, or title. On the web page that displays the item you want to add to your bibliography, copy the URL from the browser's address bar
Go to https://zbib.org and paste the URL into the search box and click "Cite." Zotero extracts the bibliographic data and creates a citation. Edit the citation as needed. When finished, click "Close" and your citation is added to your bibliography.
Under "Bibliography," choose the preferred citation style. Double-click on any entries that require additional editing.
Choose an Export option from the drop-down menu when you are done.
Visit the ZoteroBib FAQ for more details.