Alekhni ZoExt
Save a web page or paper to your Zotero library, to a group, or to one specific collection, right from your browser. Sign in with Zotero in one click and start saving.
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Add to FirefoxChoosing a group or collection without the app
The official Zotero connector saves to groups and collections when the Zotero app is running on your computer. ZoExt connects to the Zotero Web API with your account, so it can save to any library, group, or collection you can write to, from the browser alone.
Straight to your web library
Saves go to your Zotero account over the Zotero Web API, directly from your browser.
Groups included
You can save to any group library your Zotero account can write to, such as a class or lab library.
Pick the exact collection
Search across every library and collection at once, or reuse one of your recent destinations.
Make a collection on the spot
Need somewhere new for a source? Create a collection, or a subcollection inside another one, in any library or group you can write to. It becomes your destination straight away.
Start a group in one click
Zotero only lets groups be created on zotero.org, so New group opens Zotero’s own form. Once it exists, the group shows up in the Save to list.
Reads what publishers embed
Titles, authors, journals and DOIs come from the metadata a page already publishes for search engines, then a DOI is checked against Crossref.
Duplicate warning
If the same DOI or URL is already in the chosen library, you are told before you save it a second time.
App mode, if you use it
Prefer the Zotero desktop app? Flip the Web / App switch in the popup and save there instead. No login is needed in that mode.
From a page to a reference in three steps
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Sign in with Zotero
Open the extension’s settings from the gear in its popup and click Sign in with Zotero. Approve access on zotero.org and ZoExt gets its API key from Zotero and connects by itself, with read and write access to your library and groups. You never copy or paste a key, and ZoExt never sees your password. It then shows which account you are connected as and whether it can see any groups.
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Click the icon on any page
Check the title, add tags if you like, and choose where it should go, or create a new collection right there in the list. If a page cannot be read, such as a PDF viewer, paste a DOI, arXiv ID or ISBN instead. Selecting a DOI on the page before you click does the same.
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Save
The save runs in the background, so closing the popup mid-save does not lose it. A dropped connection cannot create a duplicate either.