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Collect, organize, cite and share your research with this free software.

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.

First, Set Up the Library Lookup Option in Zotero

The Library Lookup option in Zotero lets you locate items in Brandeis Library OneSearch so you can track down a physical or online full-text copy of the resource.  Follow the instructions below to make this connection.

  1. Open the Zotero application on your computer and navigate to Settings.
  2. In the Zotero Settings window, open the General settings and look for the "Locate" menu.
  3. In the field labeled "Resolver," choose the option "Custom."
  4. In the field labeled "Base URL," copy/paste the following URL, and then close the window: https://search.library.brandeis.edu/openurl/01BRAND_INST/01BRAND_INST:BRAND

Then, Use "Library Lookup" to Find Full Text

Once Library Lookup is set up, you can search for the full text of an item right from Zotero.

  1. In your Zotero Library, click on the item you would like to find from Brandeis Library.
  2. Open the Locate menu.  In Zotero 7, this menu appears in a toolbar on the right side of the Zotero window.  The Locate icon is a right arrow inside a circle.  The locate icon is a right arrow inside a circle.
  3. In the Locate menu, select "Library Lookup."

Options in the Locate menu from the top include "Open PDF in New Tab," "View Online," "Library Lookup," and "Google Scholar." 

This will open a window in your web browser that will automatically look for the item in Brandeis Library OneSearch.  If the item is available digitally, you will be able to link to it and/or download it.  If the item is available physically in the library, there will be information on where it is located. 

Reach out to a library staff member if you have questions about locating digital or physical items from the library!  Use the "Chat with a Librarian" feature on this page or in OneSearch, or send us an email at researchhelp@brandeis.edu.

Recommendation: Disable Proxy Redirection

If you are getting an error accessing a resource, another thing to check is whether you have any browser extensions such as Zotero installed. The auto-proxy setting in Zotero Connector may be interfering with access to certain resources.

To change the setting in Chrome, go into your Chrome extensions menu (click the three dots in the top right corner of the browser, click Settings, and then click Extensions), find Zotero Connector, click Details, then Extension options, then Proxies to open up the proxy setting. In Firefox, go to Preferences, Extensions & Themes, find Zotero Connector, click the three dots>Preferences, then Proxies.
 

Once you're in the Proxy settings, remove any saved proxies in the Configured Proxies box by selecting the proxy and clicking the minus sign (-), and uncheck the boxes for "Enable proxy redirection" and "Automatically detect new proxies."