Zotero Guide

1. Save a PDF file resource to your Zotero library.
2. Open the PDF file by double-clicking the item or by right-clicking the file, and then select "Open PDF."
3. The PDF file will be opened in a new tab in the Zotero App.
4. Highlight the texts you want to keep in your references. You can manually highlight texts by left-clicking and dragging the mouse or clicking the highlight icon  in the menu bar.  
5. Go back to your collection folder and find the PDF file you just added highlighted texts.
6. Right-click on the title of the PDF file.
7. You will see the menu options. 
8. Click “Add Note from Annotations.” 
9. You will see the annotations are added to the item in your Zotero library. 

Add Note from Zotero:

If you also want to add notes to the highlighted texts, follow the following steps.

1. Click on the texts or click the “New Note” icon  in the menu bar. 
2. Click the display note option icon. 
3. You will be able to add notes on the left-side panel. 
4. Go back to your collection folder and find the PDF file you just added highlighted texts. 
5. Right-click on the title of the PDF file.
6. You will see the menu options. 
7. Click “Add Note from Annotations.” 
8. You will see annotation files are added to your Zotero library.
9. If you click one of the annotations files, you will see the note added to the annotated texts on the right-side panel. 

Zotero allows you to edit citations and bibliographies after you add them to your documents. The Zotero application should run on your computer.

For example, you have added a citation and a bibliography for St. Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologiae, First Part (Prima Pars) in your assignment. 

To add or edit a citation and bibliography in your document, follow these steps:

Edit Citation:

1. Click the Zotero menu.
2. Put the cursor on the citation you want to edit. 
3. Click the "Add/Edit Citation".
4. The Zotero citation bar will appear, containing the existing citation. 
5. Click the Zotero emblem on the left side of the bar to see the "Classic View" popup. 
6. Click the Classic View to see the popup window, allowing you to change the default setting "Page" to other options. 
7. Select one of the appropriate options for your source and click the "OK" button.
8. Your citation and bibliography will then be updated. 
9. If you want to add another item to the same citation, repeat the step #3 and #4.
10. Add the new item to your citation. 
11. Put the cursor on the new item in the Zotero bubble. You will see an edit popup for the newly added item.
12. Change the "Page" to the other option, add the page number, and click the "Enter" button twice.
13. Then you will see the citation has been updated with the new item. 

Edit Bibliography

1. In the document, click the bibliography that you want to edit.
2. Click the "Add/Edit Bibliography" from the Zotero menu. The Zotero popup bubble will appear to edit the bibliography. 
3. Add more bibliographies to the right side panel by clicking the green arrow. 
4. Click the "OK" button. 
5. The newly added item will be added to your bibliographies.