Zotero is a reference management software that is widely used by academic circles to help write papers. Zotero can also help general users who need methods other than those already provided by the browser to save web pages in the form of links and snapshots.
Zotero is able to store as many references as you need. The storage capacity depends on the remaining capacity of your hard drive. Zotero also provides cloud storage for storage and synchronization, but what can be used for free is only 300 MB for each user. As long as you don't exceed that limit or as long as you only store references offline on your hard drive, then there's nothing you have to pay.
Features and Benefits of Zotero
Users can add references from various sources directly within Zotero and fill in all the necessary information manually. This method can be taken to manage references that come from offline sources such as printed books, magazines or even from seminars that you attend. As for references in the form of journals, videos, blogs, articles or others that come from the internet, the Zotero extension needs to be installed to facilitate the collection of references.
If you only plan to use Zotero to collect links as well as the bookmark feature in the browser, then there are only two steps you have to take to use Zotero, namely installing Zotero and then installing extensions according to the browser you always use.
If you want to use Zotero for academic purposes, then there is one more step you need to go through, namely integrating Zotero with the software you use for typing such as Microsoft Office, LibreOffice, or Google Docs. The integration itself can be done using plugins.
In addition to plugins provided by Zotero developers, there are a number of other plugins from Zotero's user community to integrate Zotero with other software such as Adobe Brackets text editor, Atom Editor, and Sublime Text.
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Using Zotero to save references is more or less the same as bookmarking web pages in a browser. Whenever you find a webpage that you want to save as a reference, you can right-click on the Zotero icon in the toolbar or right-click on the webpage to access the Zotero menu. In the menu you can choose to save the web page only as a link or save it as a snapshot and link.
You will never lose information again with Zotero because every information you get on the internet can be directly collected in a database. Zotero's search feature allows you to quickly search for information in the database so you can read it back or use it as a reference in documents you create. Download the latest Zotero for free via the link below: