How can I organize my citations in Zotero?
Answer
You can organize citations in Zotero using collections and tags. Collections are like a folder system, while tags are keywords you assign to a source. Each has their benefits for organizing your sources.
- Good for broad organization around topics (ex. "Social Psychology") or projects (ex. "ENGL 1020 Researched Argument)
- Easy to browse
- Citations can be put in more than one collection
- Can create subcollections within collections for narrower categorization
- When adding a citation with the Zotero Connector, you can choose to put the citation directly into a collection
- Good for organizing by specific details (ex. "ethics of large language models," "qualitative methods") or your workflow (ex. "to read," "needs summary")
- Easy to search
- Can create as many tags as you want for a citation
- Tags can be color coded (desktop app only)
- When adding a citation with the Zotero Connector, it may automatically add tags based on keywords or subject terms that it finds on the source page