One of the best features of Zotero is using its plugin for a word processor as you write your paper. The plugin exists for Microsoft Word, Google Doc, and LibreOffice. Watch the following video to see how to easily add in-text citations through the Zotero plugin and then create a works cited list based on the citations you added through the plugin. Please note: This does not work with Online Word, only the desktop version. Also, this only works if the citation sources are already in your Zotero library.
For those using LaTeX to write their papers, you won't be able to add citations quite as seamlessly. However, there are still options. See the below sources for more help:
If you do not wish to use the Zotero plugin for Word or Google Doc, you can still easily create a full works cited list, although you will need to add your in-text citations manually. Open Zotero desktop, then right click the folder that contains the citations you plan to make into a bibliography. Choose "Create Bibliography from Collection." You can also individually select all the items you wish to cite, and then right click to choose "Create Bibliography from Collection."
Choose the citation style you want to use, the output mode will automatically be set to "Bibliography" and you can opt to either save the document as an RTF or copy to clipboard. Either method will allow you to copy and paste the bibliography into your paper.
