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Zotero: Building a Bibliography

Bibliography File

You can create a bibliography list in any of the major citation styles from Zotero by single item or by whole collection. The bibliography will download to your computer as a text file that you can copy and paste into a Word Document or other preferred location.

Video - Exporting to Zotero from Database

Creating Bibliographies from One Item

Right click on the item title in the left window in the Zotero Standalone Client.

Choose Create Bibliography from Item from the menu.

Right Click Menu with Create Bibliography from Item Selected

Creating Bibliographies from a Folder Collection

Right click on the item title in the left window in the Zotero Standalone Client.

Choose Create Bibliography from Collection from the menu.

Right Click Menu with Create Bibliography from Collection Selected

Choose a Citation Style and File Format

Choose the Citation Style from the list

Under Output Mode, choose either Citations (In-Text) or Bibliography (References).

Under Output Method, select one of the save or print options

Citation Style and File Formatting Menu Option