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You've probably seen the Find it @Emory button in some article databases that allows you to locate the full text of an article online. Zotero allows you to use the same feature.

To set up Zotero to access the Find it @Emory server, click the gear button on the Zotero toolbar and choose Preferences. At the bottom of the preferences window, paste this url into the "Resolver" box:

http://sfx.galib.uga.edu/sfx_emu1

Then click OK. Once you've set this up, you can click the Locate button on any citation you're viewing to search for the item online.

Fortunately, it's easy to use Zotero and EndNote together to take advantage of the best features of each, or to share Zotero libraries with colleagues using EndNote or vice versa.

If you're writing in a citation style Zotero doesn't support, you may want to use Zotero as your citation collector and export your library to EndNote when you're ready to write. Both programs can read and write a standard citation file format called RIS, which means references can be converted back and forth with a few clicks.

Zotero to EndNote

To save your Zotero library for importing into EndNote, click the Zotero button that looks like a gear and choose "Export Library." Choose RIS as the file type and pick a filename.

In EndNote, click "File" and then "Import." Click the "Choose File" button and select the file you just exported from Zotero. Set Import Option to "Reference Manager (RIS)" and click Import.

EndNote to Zotero

To export your EndNote library for use in Zotero, click "File" and then "Export." Set the output style to "RefMan (RIS) Export" and save it as a text file.

In Zotero, click the button that looks like a gear and choose "Import." Just double-click the file you exported from EndNote. The new references will be added to a collection named "Imported" followed by the date and time.