Using groups

Sync your library to access it anywhere, join and create groups to work collaboratively. Find the options for exporting your references.

Create and join group librariess

To use the group function you must set up an account at Zotero.org.

From your desktop library:

To set up a group, click on File -  New Library - New Group

New library New group

Or from the Zotero web site, click on the Groups tab and select Create new group

screenshot of the Zotero webpage with the tab for groups displaying the option to create a new group

Find out more about how they work on the Zotero Groups page. Join existing groups by searching for other members or group names, or create your own group to share references with other.

You can customise the privacy and edit access level of your Zotero groups.

join groups

Add members by adding their email addresses.

screenshot of the invitation box to add email addresses to invite members to a group

Note: they won't receive an email to that address notifying them of the invitation, it goes to the Zotero account inbox.

screenshot of the Zotero inbox

Items can be added to the group library from the desktop connector, just select the group folder.

All library users can access PDF attachments in a private library.

NOTE: Group libraries can cause storage limits to be reached, and other storage options do not work if all members of a group need to access the items directly from the group library.

Watch a video: Group libraries

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