
- #HOW TO USE ZOTERO WORD PLUGIN INSTALL#
- #HOW TO USE ZOTERO WORD PLUGIN UPDATE#
- #HOW TO USE ZOTERO WORD PLUGIN DOWNLOAD#
#HOW TO USE ZOTERO WORD PLUGIN INSTALL#
Choose a location to store the Zotero file or leave the default location, and click Install.Click Next, then choose Standard, and hit Next again.Open the downloaded file and select Run.NOTE: For more information on Zotero Connector, please visit the Zotero Browser Extension page
#HOW TO USE ZOTERO WORD PLUGIN DOWNLOAD#
If the displayed version is not your current OS, select any of the links beneath the Download button. On the left side of the screen, you'll see a Download button.Zotero is compatible with Windows, Mac, and Linux operating systems (OS), and much like your online Zotero account, can be used in the same way to keep track of your reference sources. Finally, make your adjustments to the bibliography text.While Zotero cannot be downloaded onto the library's computers, you can still download the Zotero desktop app onto your personal computer. Then, in the copy, use the “Unlink Citations” menu option to disconnect your document from Zotero and convert all citations and the bibliography to regular text. If you need to edit items in your bibliography, it is best to do this as a final step before submitting the document. References edited here will not be automatically updated by Zotero if you change the data in your library. While it is also possible to edit the text or formatting of bibliography references in this window, doing so is discouraged. In this window, you can add uncited sources to your bibliography (e.g., items included in a review but not cited in the paper) or remove items that are cited in text but which should not be included in the bibliography (e.g., personal communications). The Zotero Connector has mechanisms in place to prevent document and citation corruption from concurrent citation editing, but due to technical limitations they do not provide perfect safety.Īfter you've inserted the bibliography using the “Add/Edit Bibliography” option, select it again to open the Edit Bibliography window. When working collaboratively on a document, you and your coauthors should avoid inserting or editing citations at the same time. While people without the Connector can theoretically edit non-citation parts of the document, we don't recommend it due to the risk of accidental citation unlinking. (The Zotero app itself is necessary only if inserting or editing citations.) If someone cuts and pastes an active citation without the Zotero Connector, the citation will be unlinked from Zotero and disappear from the bibliography, and the next person refreshing the document with the Zotero Connector will receive a warning about unlinked citations. We recommend that anyone making changes to the document have the Zotero Connector installed.
#HOW TO USE ZOTERO WORD PLUGIN UPDATE#
If someone cites an item from their personal library, only they will be able to update the metadata for that item. If you're planning a large collaborative project, though, we recommend using a group library, which not only makes it easy to collect and manage materials but will also allow all collaborators to change cited item metadata (authors, title, date of publication, etc.). You and your coauthors can all insert and edit citations in a shared document, and you don't even need to be in a Zotero group. Google Docs is designed to let you collaborate on documents, and Zotero’s integration is no different. Orphaned items can exist if they were inserted by a collaborator from their My Library or a group you don't have access to or if they were deleted from your Zotero library. Items that are orphaned (i.e., not connected to any items in your Zotero database) will not have an “Open in My Library” button. In the Add Citation box, you can click on the bubble for a cited item and then click “Open in My Library” (or another library name) to view the item in Zotero. Press Enter again to insert the citation and close the Add Citation box. The item will appear in the dialog box in a shaded bubble. Select an item by clicking on it or by pressing Enter when it is highlighted. Items you have already cited in the document will be shown at the top of the list under “Cited”. Matching items will be shown for each library in your Zotero database (My Library and any groups you are part of). Matching items will instantly appear below the dialog box.

Start typing part of a title, the last names of one or more authors, and/or a year in the dialog box.

The citation dialog is used to select items from your Zotero library and create a citation.

You can begin citing by clicking the (“Add/Edit Zotero Citation”) button in the Google Docs toolbar or by selecting “Add/Edit Citation” from the Zotero menu, both of which will bring up the citation dialog.
