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Citation Management with Zotero
Zotero is a free, open source tool for helping you collect, organize, cite and share your research sources. This workshop will introduce and demonstrate practical use-cases and workflows with Zotero for easy in-text citations, automatic bibliographies, and resource organization and management. By the end of the workshop, participants will be familiar with the following:
- How to import references, papers, and other sources to Zotero from local storage and from the web
- How to use Zotero’s in-app PDF reader and note-taking tools
- How to set up and organize a Zotero library
- How to automate in-text citations and bibliographies in Microsoft Word and Google Docs using Zotero plug-ins
No previous experience necessary. Note: Please bring a laptop to follow along with Zotero demonstrations. Participants are encouraged to download the Zotero software, the companion plug-in for the browser of your choosing, and register for a free account
Related LibGuide: Zotero by Sarah Young
- Date:
- Friday, January 23, 2026
- Time:
- 12:00pm - 1:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Sorrells Library, Den
- Campus:
- Sorrells Library
- Audience:
- Alumni Faculty Pittsburgh community Staff Students
- Categories:
- Evidence Synthesis Open Science Writing and Publishing
In-Person Workshop Information:
Directions for getting to the Den of Sorrells Library:
Sorrells Library is on the 4th Floor of Wean Hall, shown on the map here. If you enter in the front of Wean Hall, take the elevator down one floor. When you exit the elevator, the library will be on your left. The Den is in the back of the library.
Automated notetaking tools and recordings not initiated by the instructor are generally not permitted in workshops. However, participants may request permission to use approved tools, such as Zoom AI Companion, for accommodation purposes. To ensure appropriate arrangements, please submit these requests to instructors at least 24 hours prior to the workshop.
Workshops and events for Carnegie Mellon University Libraries are open to all, regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, creed, ancestry, belief, veteran status or genetic information. All participants are required to follow the Code of Conduct.
If you require accessibility accommodations, please contact the event organizer.
