To create your free account go to https://www.zotero.org/ and click the "Download Now" button. When creating your account you can use whatever email address you would like, it is not necessary to use your FDU email address.
Once you've installed the Standalone App a page will open in your default browser letting you know Zotero successfully installed. It will also ask you if you would like to install the Web Plugin for the same browser.
Further down the page you will be given the opportunity to register with Zotero and create an account. This is important if you would like to use Zotero's web based client.
If you forgot to register or accidentally closed this window before doing so, you can still register at https://www.zotero.org/user/register/.
Once you create an account you will need to enter your information in to the Zotero Standalone App to sync your account. it should give you this option on the main screen of a freshly installed Zotero client but if not you can do the following: Click on Edit >> Preferences >> SYNC >> Enter your username and password and keep the Sync options checked.
Zotero comes with a Microsoft Word plugin which allows you to insert citations and bibliographies in to your Word document without having to cut and paste or leave Word.
To install the plugin Word and Outlook must be closed first. Next open the Zotero Standalone App. Go to Tools >> Add-Ons >> Enable Microsoft Word Add-in.
The plugin will appear in a newly created Zotero tab of MS Word.
Installing the AMA style framework.
Visit https://www.zotero.org/styles and search for American Medical Association. Click the link for the appropriate version. This will download a .csl file to you computer. Once you've downloaded the file, double click it to install the AMA style framework. It should now appear as an available style option in the Word Plugin.
Sometimes the MS Word plugin will not install automatically. This is usually due to the security settings of your device. You will have to install the Zotero plugin manually. To do so follow the steps below:
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Zotero also provides a Web Importer tool which allows you to import citations, and sometimes the full text article, directly from your browser in to Zotero's online version which will then sync with your Zotero Standalone App. To install the plugin first visit https://www.zotero.org/download/ and select your browser. Zotero does not work with Internet Explorer.
To install the plugin for Chrome:
Click the Chrome icon on the Zotero download page. At the top right of the next page click the Add to Chrome button.
Chrome will ask you to verify the add on. Click Add Extension.
Once the plugin is installed the status should change to Added to Chrome.
The first time you try to use the plugin, Chrome will ask you to update some permissions. Click the Accept Defaults button. This will share your browsing information with your Zotero Standalone App.
The installed plugin will show up as a sheet of paper icon to the right of your address bar.
To install the plugin for Firefox:
Click the Firefox icon on the Zotero download page. Firefox will download the plugin to your default download location. Double click the downloaded file. It should open in Firefox as seen below and ask if you would like to install the extension. Click Install.
Depending on your security settings, Firefox will ask you to confirm the plugin installation. Click Allow.
Firefox will once again prompt you to install the plugin. Click Install.
The first time you try to use the plugin it will ask you sync with your Zotero Standalone App. Click Yes.
The plugin will appear as a Z and Paper icon in your browser's tool bar. The Z will open your Standalone App while the paper icon will import citations in to your Standalone App.
