With the addition of an optional plugin
for your word processor, Zotero can
also serve as a cite while you write tool,
creating in-text citations and
automatically generating bibliographies
according to style guides. For many
users, this makes writing academic
papers significantly easier by reducing
the amount of detail work (Muldrow and
Yoder, 2009). It is also helpful when the
author has to submit a paper in a format
other than his/her preferred format.
He/she can write the paper using their
preferred style, and then switch the entire
document to the new style upon
completion. For example, a user could
then write using footnotes, and generate a
bibliography based on the items they
cited. Before turning the paper in, he/she
could then convert the footnotes to in-text
citations.