Word & Zotero

Using Zotero with Word

Zotero integrates with Microsoft Word (as well as for example Google Docs), creating a connection between your text document and your Zotero library. When you use the Zotero add-on to enter in-text citations, you can automatically generate and update a bibliography based on those in-text citations.

Zotero does not work with Pages or Word 365 Online (yet!). If you are using World Online, go to the start page and click the button "Install Office" on the top right. This will get you the desktop application of Word.

After you have installed Zotero, check to see if the Zotero menu appears in your text document (In Word: to the right of "View", in Google Docs: to the right of "Tools"). If you get a security warning about Macros, click Activate or Enable. Although the following text applies to Word, Zotero works more or less the same way in Google Docs.

Zotero menu doesn't appear in Word?

Open Zotero. Go to Settings > Cite > Word Processors and click the button "Reinstall Microsoft Word Add-in". Restart Word.

Add sources to Zotero

Start by adding the following five sources to Zotero with the Zotero Connector browser plugin:

1. 1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.newideapsych.2016.03.003 Links to an external site.
   2. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.50.11.1553 Links to an external site.
   3. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.39027.676690.55 Links to an external site.
   4. https://doi.org/10.1111/phib.12045 Links to an external site.
   5. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-8295.2012.02114.x Links to an external site.