Strategies for Success: Zoterobib & Zotero

Welcome to the Library's Guide for Zoterobib & Zotero

Zoterobib and Zotero are free citation management tools from the same nonprofit group. You can use them to organize and cite sources, generate in-text citations and create correctly formatted bibliographies in hundreds of different citation styles. Read below to determine which suits your needs best.

What do you need to accomplish?

 Zoterobib - A Lighter Web-Based Citation Generator

• Zoterobib is best for citing journal articles and books, and it does a decent job with webpages. This lighter version does not work well with Gale databases.

 Zotero - A Free, Robust Downloadable Citation Generator

• Use Zotero to easily cite virtually any source type in print or from any database or the free web. You must download Zotero to cite sources and create bibliographies with it.

  Additional Zotero Help/Information

• Want to know more? This page will lead you to additional information about Zotero and Zoterobib.

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