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This guide is based on a guide created by Jason Puckett at Georgia State University. The original guide, which you can view here, is licensed by Georgia State University Library under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License. Simpson Library thanks Jason for sharing his excellent work.

Zotero (pronounced "zoh-TAIR-oh") is (free) software that helps you cite your sources. With Zotero, you can...

Save sources to a personal library.
Organize your sources into collections for different projects.
Automatically generate bibliographies in any style, including APA, MLA, or Chicago/Turabian.

Zotero is free. It runs on Mac, Windows, and Linux. It's compatible with Firefox, Chrome, and Safari.

You'll need to do two things:

Both can be downloaded if you click the "Get Zotero" logo.

Zotero quick reference guide (UMW)
A printable PDF guide to Zotero, from your UMW librarians