It's important to manage your references as soon as you start your research rather than trying to organise them all at the end!

Zotero is a powerful, open source database package which enables you to organise, store and search references and abstracts of research literature. It can save you a lot of time when writing assignments or papers, allowing you to input citations directly into a Word document, and to create a bibliography without having to type out all the references. You can use it to access and download selected references directly from online bibliographic databases or library catalogues.

Please note that Zotero may format your references slightly differently to the APA 6^th ed style illustrated in this guide and where possible we have included guidance on how to adapt to this when adding a source to your Zotero Library, however some manual editing may be required. Please see our list of FAQs below on how to add materials into your Zotero library for more guidance.

*Any information that you add manually, i.e without using the Zotero Word tool, does need to be done at the end of your writing process. This is because if you add or edit any other citations using the Zotero/Word tool, any manual changes will be overwritten and removed due to Zotero checking your document and updating it*