Set up Zotero: for new users and power users (Online)

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Zotero is free, open-source software for managing citations and PDFs. It can help you organize, annotate, retain, and cite articles and other documents. Invest half an hour now, and enjoy productivity benefits all year.

In this session, you’ll learn how to:

• Install Zotero desktop
• Add Zotero to your word processor (Word and Google Docs)
• Add Zotero to your browsers (Firefox, Chrome, Safari)
• Add Zotero to your iPad
• Sync your Zotero account
• Maximize Zotero’s ability to retrieve PDFs
• Set your computer to open .ris files in Zotero by default
• Organize documents in collections and with tags
• Add zotero.org/save to your phone’s home screen, so that you can conveniently add documents to your library from anywhere
• Install Zotero plugins (Scite Zotero plugin, Zotero PubPeer plugin, Zotero DOI manager, Zotero Report Cleaner)
• Set up private groups, public-closed groups, and public-open groups
• Get unlimited free Zotero attachment storage as a Yale affiliate