Zotero
New! Unlimited Storage with Zotero Web
The Polytechnique community now has access to unlimited reference and document storage with Zotero! Access your references and documents online and share them with your colleagues, without worrying about storage space.
Important! As a general rule, it is not allowed to save several articles (in PDF format) from the same publisher on a server accessible to multiple members of a research group. Our licenses do not allow it. Also, you must not share PDFs of articles from the Library's subscriptions with people outside of the Polytechnique Montréal community.
To find out if you can save PDFs to your Zotero library, please read the terms of use for the article in Sofia or in the bibliographic databases. For more information, read the "Using electronic resources correctly" box.
To ensure compliance, it is recommended that you do not store files in the group library (see steps at the bottom of this page).
New account?
Use the email @polymtl.ca to create your account on Zotero.org (Register) to automatically get free unlimited storage.
Already have an account?
If the address @polymtl.ca was used to open the account you automatically receive the service!
If you used another email to open the account, go to the Zotero online account settings, then add the @polymtl.ca address in the "Manage email addresses" section, as shown in the screenshot below.
PDF Articles and group libraries
To avoid sharing PDFs of articles from library subscriptions with people outside of Polytechnique Montréal, it is strongly recommended that you do not store files in the group library.
To do this, click on Library Settings, File Editing, then select No group file storage.
Respecting the library's licenses
The following video (French only) offers tips on how to ethically use the new unlimited storage service with Zotero Web. When using the Library's electronic resources, the Polytechnique Montréal community must respect licensing agreements.
- Unpaywall add-onUnpaywall is a useful add-on that can be freely installed on a web browser in order to find an open access version of a scientific article.
Check storage
To verify access to the service, check the Storage tab of the Zotero online account.
