Zotero for Legal Research: Home

This guide was created by Erica Friesen, former Reference Librarian, and contributed to by Elyse Hill, former Reference Librarian. A special thank you to Erica and Elyse for their valuable contributions to this guide.

Zotero is a tool that helps researchers collect, organize, cite and share research. This guide provides advice on how to create McGill Guide citations with Zotero.

Why Zotero?

• Free and easy to use 
• Works on Mac, Windows, Linux and even mobile devices
• Comes with an easy-to-use plugin for Microsoft Word and LibreOffice

Zotero allows you to:

• Save, manage and annotate citations
• Easily generate bibliographies in a wide range of styles
• Save PDFs and website snapshots of your sources
• Access your Zotero library from any computer with an internet connection
• Share libraries and group accounts

Check out Zotero's Support page for more tips and tutorials. 

York University Library's Zotero guide has additional information that is not discipline-specific.