Sociology

In order to share Zotero libraries with other students and access your library from another computer connected to the internet, you'll need to use the syncing feature. Zotero automatically saves items from your Zotero library to your computer and only your computer. Once you've enabled synching,  items, notes, links and tags in your Zotero library on your own computer are available online when you login to your Zotero account from another computer. 

To enable syncing, you will need to link your Zotero account with the Zotero application on your computer: 

1. From the Zotero application on your computer, open preferences ( Many of Zotero's features can be customized via the Zotero preferences window. Open the preferences by clicking Edit → Preferences/Settings” (Windows/Linux) or “Zotero → Preferences/Settings (Mac)
2. Click Sync and enter your username and password for your Zotero account

You can find more information on synching in the Zotero Help Documentation on Synching 

Adding items to Zotero from a library database

There are two ways to export a citation directly from a library database:

Option 1: Add using the Zotero browser connector by clicking the browser extension icon

Option 2: Add using the database's export function, which may appear in the database as the following, depending on the database: Export, Send To, or Cite; when prompted to select file format, select RIS.

Adding in-text citations to your paper in Word

1. In Word: Place cursor where you want the citation to appear
2. Click Add/Edit Citation
3. In the pop-up that appears, select the citation(s) you want to add