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Save citations from LibrarySearch to Zotero

Yes! You can easily save article or book records from LibrarySearch into Zotero, a free tool that helps you collect and organize your research.

What is Zotero?

Zotero is a free tool that helps you manage your sources and create citations. You can use:

• Zotero Web (with a browser extension like Chrome)
• Zotero Desktop (downloaded to your computer)

 If You’re using Zotero on the web (with Chrome):

Make sure you’ve installed the Zotero Connector in Chrome and created a Zotero account

• Sign in to LibrarySearch
• Search for an article or book and open its full details
• Click the blue book icon in your Chrome toolbar
• The citation will save automatically to your Zotero library

If you’re using Zotero on your computer (desktop):

Download and install Zotero first.

• Run a search in the LibrarySearch tool
• Check off the results that you would like to add to Zotero
• Select the export icon (box with arrow pointing right) and select Export RIS. Leave the default option of UTF-8 selected and click Download.
• Choose Export RIS, then click Download
• Open the file that downloads—it will automatically import to Zotero

To export all of your results, select Save and Export All Results along the top of the results lists and select Export All. Select Export RIS, UTF 8, add your email address and hit send. You will receive an email with the file that can be downloaded and imported into Zotero.