This guide will take you through the basics, but there are many resources available at Zotero.org to help you learn Zotero. A good way to test whether the programme works for you: install Zotero and jump right in. Then, when you can't figure something out, check out Zotero's Support Page and Video Tutorials.
1. Check the Zotero support site for more information
2. Zotero users, and other community members have produced video tutorials for Zotero
What is Zotero?
How to instal Zotero
Close MS Office applications such as Word, PowerPoint and even Outlook during the installation.e.g. Word automatically installs the Zotero add-on when the program is closed. more info
staff (Tampere Universities) can install the software on their workstation from the Software Center, search for the software by typing Zotero in the search box
The storage on Zotero's free plan is limited to 300MB, but you can pay for additional storage.
Quick to learn, many user guides and demos available in net
You can configure useful settings: guide
PDF reader, allowing users to open PDFs in a new tab, navigate easily between PDFs and library, highlight, annotate them, add comments or tags to the highlighted parts and the annotations, and extract the annotations in a note. More info
You can configure settings: tips
You Tube video (3:10) Instructions on how to export bibliographic data from Zotero to Excel in order to create a summary table for a literature review; presented by Tabitha Ochtera, Electronic Resources Librarian.