Introduction to Zotero

Introduction to Zotero

The Zotero website homepage.

About this tutorial

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

This course is created and maintained by Kathryn Vanderboll, Informationist at the Taubman Health Sciences Library Links to an external site. 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/ Links to an external site. 

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!

CC Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike This course content is offered under a CC Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike Links to an external site. license. Content in this course can be considered under this license unless otherwise noted.