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Music: Writing & Citing

Department Research Guides identify and define standard information retrieval tools for a specific department. Each guide was created and is maintained by the library liaison for that department. We encourage you to recommend resources for the guides.

Music Style Guides

Chicago/Turabian

Zotero

Zotero is a Firefox add-on that can harvest and store citations and then help create a bibliography using any citation style.

Installing Zotero

To install Zotero, go to the Zotero Download page and follow the instructions. You'll know that you have successfully installed the Zotero add-on when you see the word Zotero in the bottom right-hand corner of the browser window.

Using Zotero

When searching a database, look for icons at the right end of the address bar. If Zotero recognizes a single citation, it displays an article (piece of paper); if Zotero recognizes a list of citations, you will see a folder icon.

Single Article:         Single Book:        
List of Citations:       Book Chapter:        Recording:


If you see one of these icons, click on it. If you click on a folder, you may have to select from list. A message will briefly flash in the bottom right-hand corner telling you the citation was saved to Zotero.

Some databases require you to use an Export, Save, or Citation Tools option, which means that you may have to place items in a folder or marked list before exporting. If Zotero is not listed as an export option, look for a "Reference Manager" option.

  • To open up the Zotero software to view your citations, click on the word Zotero in the bottom right hand of the browser window.
  • Create a Collection for related citations in the My Library window on the left. Click on the new folder icon above the pane. Once you have created the Collection folder, you can drag items from the middle pane over to it.
  • Create a bibliography by right-clicking on the desired collection folder, choose "Create Bibliography from Collection" then choose a citation style and output option. The "Copy to clipboard" option allows you to paste it immediately into a Word document.
For more information, see this Zotero Guide.