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Zotero

What is Zotero?

"Zotero [zoh-TAIR-oh] is a free, easy-to-use browser extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources. It lives right where you do your work—in the web browser itself." – Zotero
  • Organize your sources (books, articles, webpages) for research papers and articles 
  • Add web-based resources to your Zotero collection as you research via the browser extension
  • Generate bibliographies in all major styles, including Bluebook
  • Store and search PDFs, images, and web pages
  • Create in-text citations and bibliographies via Word or Google Docs plug-ins (link)
  • Collaborate and share resources with colleagues or students (link)

Getting Started with Zotero

To learn more about Zotero and get started with installation, visit BC's main Zotero guide: 

Citation Styles

Zotero offers many citation styles for footnote insertion and bibliographies, including Bluebook. Beware that it's not great, particularly with primary legal sources, so you'll need to clean up the citations. However, it's still excellent as an organization tool, and the citations provide a starting point. 

Steps: Open Zotero via your desktop app (see installation instructions above, from O'Neill Library). Select Edit from the main menu, and then choose Preferences. Click on Cite. Select the Bluebook Law Review style from the options offered. 

Additional Zotero Support