To create a bibliography from your Zotero library:

1. Select the references or collections you want to include.
2. Hold the "control" / "command"  key and click to select multiple items.
3. "Right-click" one of the selected items and choose "Create Bibliography from Items."
4. Choose the bibliographic style you want, and select the output format: Save as RTF or HTML, copy to clipboard, or print.

Or, for an even easier method, just drag and drop references from Zotero directly into your document and the references will turn into fully formatted citations. This works with any word processor, including Google Docs.

* Be sure to always check your references! Automatically generated bibliographies are never perfect.

Zotero offers word processing plugins for Word, LibreOffice, and Google Docs.

The plugin adds a Zotero tab to the toolbar of your word processor, depending on which version you have installed. This tab allows you to add citations to your document while you write.

To add a citation:

1. Click the "Add/Edit Citation" on the toolbar.
2. A dialog box will pop up. Type the title or author of the item you wish to cite into the bar, and select it when it appears.
   • Note that for Google Docs, the first time you click "Add/Edit Citation," it will open up a new tab/window and ask you to select a Google account to give permission to, in order to allow Zotero to make edits on your Google Docs. Make sure to select the Google Account that you used to create the Google Doc.
3. If you want to add a page number to your citation, click into the citation in the dialog box and edit the page number field in the citation.
4. To add another citation at the same place, click after the first citation in the dialog box and repeat step 2.

To insert a bibliography:

1. Place your cursor where you want to bibliography to appear.
2. Click the "Add/Edit Bibliography" in the Zotero tab of the toolbar.
3. Your bibliography will be generated from the citations present in the paper.

Change citation styles with the "Document Preferences" icon, shaped like a gear.

Zotero comes with the most common bibliographic styles, but additional bibliographic styles are available for download at the Zotero Style Repository page.

To install a style in Zotero 7 Standalone:

1. Open up the Zotero application on your device.
2. Click on Zotero and then Settings (Mac) or Edit and then Settings (PC).
3. Go to the "Cite" tab.
4. Under the Style Manager, there should be a "Get Additional Styles" hyperlink. Click on this.
5. Select the citation style you would like; it should automatically add itself to your Zotero style list.