Zotero

Zotero is a Firefox addon that collects, manages, and cites research sources. It's easy to use, lives in your web browser where you do your work, and best of all it's free. Zotero allows you to attach PDFs, notes and images to your citations, organize them into collections for different projects, and create bibliographies. It automatically updates itself periodically to work with new online sources and new bibliographic styles.

Zotero offers two options.  One is an extension for the Firefox web-browser. The second is a stand-alone client. With the Firefox extension, it is compatible with any operating system that can install Firefox. The stand-alone client can be installed on Windows, Macs, and Linux operating systems, and does integrate into both the Safari and Chrome web-browsers along with Firefox. 

Choose Zotero for Firefox if:

• You use the Firefox browser

• You prefer to have Zotero as a pane inside your browser instead of a separate window

Zotero for Firefox runs as a plugin for the Firefox web browser, not as a separate program. The same version of Zotero for Firefox works on any computer that runs Firefox; there are no separate Windows and Mac versions.

Choose Zotero Standalone if:

• You prefer Safari or Chrome to Firefox

• You prefer to run Zotero in its own window instead of in the browser

Zotero Standalone (unlike Zotero for Firefox) runs as a separate program instead of part of your web browser.

It works with Firefox, Chrome and Safari. Download and install Zotero Standalone just as you would any other program. You will also need to install the Connectors to allow your browser to save items to your Zotero library.

You can install both Zotero Standalone and Zotero for Firefox and use both on the same computer.