Zotero allows you to export individual citation items or whole collections for use in other documents.
To export a collection:
From Zotero Desktop/Standalone
- Find the correct collection (or select individual items or multiple items in My Library using the Shift key)
- Right-click on the collection name (or grouped items) and choose "Create Bibliography from Collection"
- Options on this page control how to use your list. You can:
- Choose the Citation Style
- Export either your notes from the items or the whole citation list
- Save as a rich text format (RTF) which can be added to a document in Word or Pages
- Save as HTML, a web format
- Copy to clipboard and paste into another document BUT you will use the citation formatting
- Print to computer
From Zotero Online (Zotero.org)
- Find the correct collection
- Select the items you want to export (you can select all by checking the top box above the library list)
- Select the citation list icon
- A box will appear to let you choose a citation style and copy/paste your list text
