No. Zotero is not a shout like “Cowabunga!” Nor is Zotero the little brother of Zoro, the masked cowboy hero.

ZoteroBib is a free, online tool that quickly formats references into the right style–whether that style be APA, Chicago, or 10,000+ other available formats. Once it generates the formatted reference you can manually correct any mistakes.

To use ZoteroBib go to zbib.org, enter reference info, and select your desired format. You can create an entire bibliography, and then create an editable rtf copy and paste that bibliography into your own paper. ZoteroBib also facilitates insertion of footnotes in the text, including specific reference page #’s for quotes.

You need enter only your reference’s doi or URL or PMID to generate the whole, properly formatted reference. Or you can enter more article/source information.

Here’s a sparkling water toast to well-formatted and well-footnoted papers!

[Special thanks to Librarian Marcia Henry at CSU/Northridge who made me aware of this tool.]