Zotero 4+
Your research assistant
Zotero
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- Free
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Description
Zotero is a free, easy-to-use research tool that helps you collect, organize, annotate, cite, and share your work.
COLLECT
• Save journal articles, newspaper articles, books, webpages, and more via the Share button in Safari and other apps
• Automatically download article PDFs to read
• Quickly add physical books and articles to your Zotero library by scanning book barcodes or article DOIs with your iPhone or iPad camera
ORGANIZE
• Use collections and tags to organize your research
• View and edit bibliographic information for your research items
ANNOTATE
• Read PDFs and add highlights and notes, or use an Apple Pencil to make freehand annotations
CITE
• Instantly generate citations and bibliographies in over 10,000 formats and journal styles including APA, Chicago, IEEE, MLA, Turabian, and Vancouver.
SHARE
• Collaboratively collect sources and mark up PDFs in group libraries with your colleagues
• Synchronize your personal and group research libraries to access them via Zotero’s desktop app and the Zotero website
• Use the Zotero desktop app to insert your annotations into Word, LibreOffice, and Google Docs documents and automatically generate bibliographies from the sources you used
Visit zotero.org to learn more about everything you can do with Zotero.
Having trouble? Have an idea? Post bug reports and feature requests to the Zotero Forums at forums.zotero.org to talk directly to Zotero developers.
ZOTERO AND PRIVACY
Since 2006, the Zotero team has been committed to creating the best research software, and we believe that includes putting you in full control of your own work. We’re an independent, nonprofit organization, and we’ll never sell your data.
What’s New
Version 1.0.33
- Fixed incorrect “Unable to unzip snapshot” message when trying to open file not on WebDAV server
- Added support for odd page spreads in PDF reader
Ratings and Reviews
THIS APP COULD BE ESSENTIAL BUT:
Im begging you Zotero, please for the love of god add a freehand highlighter tool (not replacing the text select one but in addition) I run into the issue all the time where the PDF is actually a picture and I need to be able to highlight the text anyway. If you do this, this is my only PDF app.
An excellent way to view the sources you plan on citing
Honestly, I found this app as I was going to log in to Zotero on Safari on my iPad and was SHOCKED when I saw the iOS hyperlink.
I’ve got to say it’s a very well-made app. Using it in slide-over view while writing a report on the iPad is extremely pleasant. The devs have implemented it very well.
The only complaint I have is that it’s pretty challenging to add new citations. Though, that’s ultimately due to iPadOS and iOS not being as flexible as macOS and Windows in terms of extensions on the web browsers.
Using the app to read and reference your sources while using the iPad is AMAZING. I’m so glad it exists. I’ll be using my iPad to write my reports a lot more often.
Developer Response ,
You can save high-quality metadata and PDFs to the app from any iOS web browser using the Share sheet. It works almost exactly the same as the Zotero Connector on desktop.
Convenient and useful but not perfect
The iPad app is a great companion for Zotero web/desktop but doesn’t quite stand on its own.
Pro:
- Sync with web/desktop is quick and flawless.
- Built-in PDF viewer works smoothly and has the features I need (freehand drawing, text and area highlighting, ability to add typed notes to any annotation). Way better reading experience than on a laptop!
Con:
- Missing the amazing “extract metadata from PDF” feature from desktop. As a result, I usually look for articles I want to read on my laptop, save them to my library, then open them on my ipad.
App Privacy
The developer, Zotero, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer's privacy policy.
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- User Content
- Identifiers
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- User Content
- Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Corporation for Digital Scholarship
- Size
- 104.5 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 15.6 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 15.6 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 15.6 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2024 Corporation for Digital Scholarship
- Price
- Free