Note: As of right now, Zotero is a program specifically for Mozilla Firefox. It is NOT available in any other browser.

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1 This guide will teach you how to add information to your library from the web, how to export bibliography links to your Microsoft Word documents, and how to scan information from a physical text into your library. Note: As of right now, is a program specifically for Mozilla Firefox. It is NOT available in any other browser. Adding Information to Step 1 First, you will need to find a website, such as one of the many online databases you can search through the Library s website, that contains the information you want to add to. Step 2 Once you have the information that you wish to catalogue into your library open in Mozilla Firefox, you will need to click on the icon in the address bar that looks like a document, as shown in the snapshot below. Click this icon At the bottom right corner of your browser, you should see a text box that says your information is saving to : Updated: 8 November 2010 Page 1 of 6 Center for Academic Technology

2 Step 3 If you have done these steps correctly, you will see your information when you open your library within Firefox. *Note: When using any of the EBSCO databases, you will need to copy and paste the permalink located at the right hand side of the article into the address bar and hit go. Once on the new page, add your article to from there. If you do not do this, you will not be able to access your information later. Exporting a Bibliography into Word Step 1 Open the Word document that you wish to insert the bibliography into and have open within your Mozilla Firefox browser. Step 2 Next, select the desired formatting for your bibliography. Go to within Firefox and click on the icon that looks like a gear, called Actions, and then go to Preferences. Updated: 8 November 2010 Page 2 of 6 Center for Academic Technology

3 Step 3 Go to the Export tab at the top and choose your desired format from the dropdown list. Then click Okay at the bottom of the window. Step 4 Finally, click the source you want to insert into your bibliography and drag and drop it into your Word document. Updated: 8 November 2010 Page 3 of 6 Center for Academic Technology

4 Scanning Information/Adding Personal Documents into Quick Guide: Step 1 First, you will need to scan your document onto your computer if it is not already on your hard drive. When doing so, make note of where you save it to make the process of adding it into easier. Step 2 After you have your desired document somewhere on your hard drive, you can now add it to. Go to within your Mozilla Firefox browser and click on the green plus symbol at the top of the program. Choose Store copy of file from the drop down list. Step 3 In the window that pops up, navigate to where you saved your document on your hard drive. Once you have located your file, select it and open it to add it to your library. Updated: 8 November 2010 Page 4 of 6 Center for Academic Technology

5 Step 4 Next, we will add bibliographical information to our imported document for use in future documents. To do this, we will need to first right click our added document in the library and click on Create parent item from selected item Once the parent item is created you will need to edit the information of the parent item in the panel at the right. The document we have added in these diagrams is a personal reflection paper created by a student, so we will add information for Title (this will be the actual title of the paper, not what the document was saved as), Author, Date (the date the document was created in the Year, Month, Day format), and Date Accessed. Step 5 Now that we have the basic bibliographical information attached to the document, you can drag and drop the parent item (NOT the document itself) into any Word document and it will insert bibliography for the document. Updated: 8 November 2010 Page 5 of 6 Center for Academic Technology

6 More Information For more information on, please visit where there is plenty of information available to read, as well as some short instructional videos available to watch. For access to additional information, tutorials and workshops, please visit the Center for Academic Technology website, contact any Center for Academic Technology staff member at or contact the Information Commons desk in Irwin Library at or Bibliography Creative Commons licensing This quick guide is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. Updated: 8 November 2010 Page 6 of 6 Center for Academic Technology