Organising and sharing references in Zotero
If you have many references, it is a good idea to organise them in folders.
Create a folder by clicking on New Collection (the yellow folder with a plus sign at the top left). Name the folder before dragging and dropping your references in the folder.
To share your references with others, click on the New Library icon (the brown folder with a plus sign at the top left). You can choose between a private, public or closed group. You need to be logged into your Zotero account to create a group.
The group function is also useful if you write texts in different languages. Words such as ‘editor’ or ‘edition’ are automatically translated when you switch languages, but the information in the different fields for each reference is not translated. If you for example entered ‘PhD thesis’ under the reference type in English, you can create a copy of the reference for a text in Swedish where you change this to ‘Doktorsavhandling’.