About this tutorial

Hello! Welcome to a self-paced course for anyone interested in learning how to use Zotero, the free citation management tool.

This course is created and maintained by Kathryn Vanderboll, Informationist at the Taubman Health Sciences Library at the University of Michigan.

Announcing Zotero 7

In August 2024, Zotero has released an update! See more information here: https://www.zotero.org/blog/zotero-7/

This tutorial has been updated to reflect the new version.

How to move through this tutorial

Once you begin the course, you'll use the 'Next' button at the bottom of each page to move forward.

This tutorial does not need to be completed in the order that it's presented! If you want to see a list of topics covered and jump to a particular page, click 'Modules' on the left-hand side menu.

Get started!