Adding Articles

Adding an Article Citation

Zotero allows users to collect a wide variety of types of sources. The most common are articles, books, .pdfs, and webpages. If Zotero detects a reference, you will see a small button in the address bar of your browser. Just click the button to automatically save the citation to your Zotero library.

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Click the button inside the browser to add this item to your Zotero library.

Add citations to Zotero Library.


A folder button indicates multiple items on a page. To add items to your library, click the folder button and select the item(s) you want to add to your Zotero library. There is an option to select all if you wish to add all of the source citations to your library.

Zotero detects multiple references on a page.