Zotero 7

The Zotero community has created over 10,000 citation styles, in addition to the dozens already included with Zotero. To see the complete list, visit the Zotero Style Repository.

To add a style to Zotero, follow these steps:

Edit → Settings → Cite → Styles → Get additional styles

To ensure that the Zotero reference is properly formatted, one can set the header of the right-hand pane (info section) to display the formatted reference in a chosen style.

To do this, follow these steps:

Edit → Settings → General → Item pane header → Bibliography entry

Zotero : Manuel d'utilisation (.pdf) (updated September 2023)

This manual explains how to optimize Zotero's primary features (available only in French).

Once you are finished importing, and before creating bibliographies or reference lists, you need to check that each piece of information is accurate, complete and correctly written for each new reference added. To do this, look at each field in the Info section on the right side of the Zotero window.

Here are the types of questions you should be asking yourself :

• Are all the fields required for the citation style of my choice (e.g. APA) filled in ?
• Is all of the information correct ? When in doubt, check bibliographic information from another source.
• Is all of the information formatted correctly ? For example, if the title of the document is written in only upper case letters, you will have to modify it.

To find out what bibliographic information is required to cite in the style of your choice, consult the Library's guide for that style.

There are certain important fields in Zotero that must contain properly formatted information in order for the references to be created correctly according to the chosen style.

Also, use the recommendations below to check if your references have been properly imported.