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Zotero and Juris-M: Collect resources

Saving Citations

Step 1: Open both the Zotero (or Jurism) desktop app and your browser. Go to the Moakley Law Library Research Databases page and choose a database to begin your search. 

 

Step 2: The Zotero or Jurism Connector icon appears here (in Google Chrome) to the right of the address bar. It may appear elsewhere in another browser. 

Step 3: Zotero or Jurism will automatically detect the type of citation you are looking at. The icon will change depending upon the type of citation. 

 

Multiple files. 

 Article 

  PDF

  Book

Step 4: Click the icon to add the citation to your library. 

Step 5: On a page of search results you will see the folder icon. 

Step 6: Click to bring up a list of all items on the page. Check the items you wish to save to your library, then click Ok.

Saving Citation: Websites

Note: Zotero and Jurism cannot automatically save citation info from certain websites; however, you may still add them to your Zotero or Jurism library. 

Step 1: Right click in your browser and click Save to Zotero (or Jurism Connector)

Step 2: Then choose whether to save the page with or without a snapshot. Saving a snapshot will include the page's text and images so that you have a copy if the page is removed later.