Zotero ships with several popular citation styles for creating citations and bibliographies, and over 10,000 additional styles can be found in the Zotero Style Repository. All these styles are written in the Citation Style Language (CSL), a format also supported by many other programs.
Learn how to edit CSL styles step-by-step with this guide for customizing citations in Zotero, a free tool for organizing and sharing research.
Then select a citation style for your citation/bibliography format and choose either to create a list of Citations/Notes or a Bibliography. Then choose one of the following four ways to create your citation/bibliography:
Zotero uses Citation Style Language (CSL) styles and the citeproc-js CSL processor for creating citations and bibliographies. For information on how to use existing CSL styles with Zotero, see Citation Styles.
This page describes the syntax of version 0.8.1 of the Citation Style Language (CSL), including information specific to Zotero. An additional source of documentation is the CSL 0.8.1 schema, which is written in RELAX NG Compact and can be used for style validation. Pointers on how CSL styles can be created, modified, validated, shared and installed in Zotero can be found here, together with ...
Professional associations produce style guides in order to standardise citation methods in their field. These standards should be adhered to, unless there is a very good reason to use or create another style. Below is a list of some professional association style guides. Corresponding CSL styles for most of them are at the Zotero style repository. If you know of other official association ...
This window is also called the Zotero Reference Test Pane, Zotero CSL Editor, or csledit.xul. The Zotero Style Editor is a tool to edit CSL styles. It can be opened using the “Style Editor” button at the bottom of the Cite pane of the Zotero preferences. The Style Editor provides instant processing of a CSL style, using items selected in your local Zotero library. The Style Editor Window ...