Zotero is a free, open-source tool that helps you collect, organize, and analyze research sources and share them in a variety of ways.
It works with a connector for Edge, Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Safari browsers. Connectors automatically detect content as you browse the web and allow you to save it to Zotero with a single click.
This ILO Library Guide is available only in English at the moment. For information in French, we invite you to consult Zotero francophone and for information in Spanish, please consult the Biblioguía de la CEPAL sobre Zotero.
Zotero 7 introduces a new design that will still feel familiar to long-time Zotero users. The new look includes a dark mode and a new app icon. The item-pane now uses collapsible vertical sections instead of horizontal tabs (Info, Tags, Notes, etc.), allowing for more information to be displayed and a side navigation bar for quick access to specific sections. There are two layout options: Compact and Comfortable, with the latter being the default.
EPUBs now open in Zotero’s built-in reader in the same way as PDFs, allowing annotations and add those annotations to notes, creating parent items or retrieving metadata for most EPUBs. In the new reader also webpage snapshots will open automatically, enabling you to annotate webpages as easily as PDFs.
The PDF Reader includes new annotation tools like underlining text in various colours. Underline annotations work just like highlights, while text annotations allow you to add text directly to the page.
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