Zotero’s core functionality enables
users to easily record the relevant citation
information from online items and store
them in a flexible personal database that
can then be used to generate internal
citations and/or bibliographies. By
integrating this functionality with the
Firefox web browser, Zotero is
particularly well suited to record
information from online sources.
Because Zotero is an add-on to Firefox
(a standalone desktop application is
currently in development) the user does
not need to open a second application
(Maron, 2011). Instead, any time, the
user is browsing within Firefox, he/she is
already only a click or two away from
being able to utilize Zotero’s
functionality