Research Guides: Zotero: Zotero for Mobile, Chromebook, and Web

Workshops, Training, and Help

Questions about using Zotero? Schedule an in-person appointment or an online appointment with a member of our Zotero Help Team, or email us at researchhelp@brandeis.edu.

Brandeis Library offers free workshops for members of the Brandeis community. Sign up for a Zotero workshop, or request a workshop for your group.

Zotero has official mobile apps for iOS and Android. See Zotero for Mobile for information and links to download.

You can install the Zotero Connector in your web browser and enable saving to your Zotero web library. This will let you add citations to your library even if you don't have the standalone software installed. This option will not provide you with the ability to generate citations using the Google Docs plugin.
You can still manually generate individual citations or a full bibliography within your Zotero web library and copy/paste it into your document. While in your web library, select the citations you'd like to use and use the buttons labelled "Create citations" or "Create bibliography" in order to generate text that can be copied and pasted into your document.
For advanced users: If you are using Linux on your Chromebook, and you are comfortable using the Terminal, you can use these instructions to install Zotero.

Access and edit your web library on any device. In your web library, you can:

Add items and upload files.
Open and annotate PDF attachments.
Generate in-text citations and bibliographies that can be copied and pasted into documents.
Organize your library with collections, tags, notes, and related items

You can also quickly save items by URL or identifier into your web library via zotero.org/save.

Want to build a bibliography quickly from any computer or device, without creating an account or installing any software? Try ZoteroBib.