What is Zotero?
Zotero is a citation management software program. Tufts University students, faculty, staff, and alumni have unlimited storage of PDFs attached to references (by using tufts.edu email address)
Zotero allows users to:
- cite sources such as: books, articles, websites, and images
- organize references into collections
- collaborate with other researchers
- import references from research databases and websites
- insert citations into a word processing document and then automatically format them in a citation style
Installing Zotero
- Close completely out of your word processing software.
- Download both the Zotero standalone software and the Connector.
- Use your your tufts.edu email address to register for an account so you can access the Cloud and receive unlimited storage of PDFs through our institutional subscription.
- Open the Zotero software on your computer and enter your account information you used when you registered:
- PCs: Go to: Edit > Settings > Sync, enter your credentials, then select the "Set up Syncing" button underneath
- Macs: Go to: Zotero > Settings > Sync, enter your credentials, then select the "Set up Syncing" button underneath
Setting up Zotero
After you have installed Zotero, you may configure Zotero to bring in the full text of articles that Tufts has access to.
PCs
- In the Zotero menu toolbar, go to: Edit > Settings > General
- Change the Base URL to:
https://illiad.library.tufts.edu/illiad/illiad.dll/OpenURL
Macs
- In the Zotero menu toolbar, go to: Zotero > Settings > General
- Change the Base URL to:
https://illiad.library.tufts.edu/illiad/illiad.dll/OpenURL
