Manage Your Collections
By default, Zotero stores new citations in "My Library."
- My Library lists all the citations/references you have collected via Zotero
- See the Add to Library to learn how
- Using the Folder + icon, you can create new collections (folders) within My Library.
- To add a citation to a collection
- Create a new collection (if they do not already exist) using Fold+ icon
- Select My Library
- In My Library select a Reference (item in middle pane)
- Drag and drop reference into new collection
- Now the reference lives in My Library and the new collection (a reference can live in many collections).
- NOTE: A reference can live in multiple collections. Follow steps 1-4 again to move a reference to another collection.
Collections (Folders) - You may create as many collections and sub-collections as you wish.
Deleting References
About Deleting References:
All references are automatically deposited in "My Library" (your Master Collection).
- Warning: If you remove a reference from My Library it will be deleted from all the other folders/collections.
- Remove reference from a folder:
To remove a citation from a specific collection/folder,
- select the folder
- select the citation you wish to delete
- press the delete key on your keyboard OR right-click and select Remove from Collection
- The citation is still in My Library.