Zotero

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Zotero [zoh-TAIR-oh] is a free, easy-to-use citation management tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share your research sources. Its features help users:

  • Collect citation information from article databases, catalogs and websites
  • Generate bibliographies and in-text citations
  • Store and organize PDFs, documents, links, and notes
  • Collaborate and share with others using groups
  • Backup and access with an online copy

Customizing Zotero for UW-Madison

  1. Open the desktop version of Zotero.
  2. Click “Edit” in the upper left-hand corner, and then click “Settings.” 
  3. Click the “General” tab in left-hand navigation pane. 
  4. Scroll down until you see “Locate.” 
  5. For the Resolver dropdown, make sure “Custom” is selected. 
  6. In the Base URL textbox, enter this: https://resolver.library.wisconsin.edu/uwmad? 
  7. Exit out of the popup. 

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