01 · Collect

Build your Zotero library

Save papers properly from day one, keep their metadata clean, and make citations a by-product of your workflow.

Guide status Outline ready

The detailed guide is coming next.

This first version establishes the path through the topic. The full walkthrough will be built from real student questions, examples, and tested instructions rather than filler content.

What good looks like

A reliable library of sources you can find and cite later.

Planned walkthrough

What this guide will cover

01

Install Zotero and the browser connector

Step-by-step instructions, examples, and common failure points will be added here.

02

Create a sensible collection structure

Step-by-step instructions, examples, and common failure points will be added here.

03

Capture papers and check their metadata

Step-by-step instructions, examples, and common failure points will be added here.

04

Attach, annotate, tag, and retrieve sources

Step-by-step instructions, examples, and common failure points will be added here.

05

Keep the library backed up and in sync

Step-by-step instructions, examples, and common failure points will be added here.