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Zotero

Zotero is a free and open source reference management system.

Organising references

You can organise your references by creating folders (called Collections) and adding tags to references.

Creating folders:

  • Right click in the side navigation and click New Collection, and give the folder a name
  • Drag and drop the references you want to add onto the folder name

Adding tags:

  • First click on the reference to open it
  • Click the Tags tab above the information above the reference
  • Some imported references may already have tags added
  • Click Add, and then type the text you want for your tag and press enter
  • All the tags will appear in the bottom left of the browser, and you can filter by clicking on the tags

Organising references

Adding notes and tags