Faculty Services

Zotero - citation organizing software. Zotero includes web browser integration, in-text citation generation, footnotes, and bibliographies.

• Add Zotero to Chrome or Safari. To work in Firefox, use the app. Use the Zotero download site.
• Attach PDFs.
• Works with Microsoft Word and Google Docs.
• Add Bluebook citations to Zotero. Instructions are on this guide from the University of Hawaii Law Library.
  • Find additional information on using Zotero with Westlaw, Microsoft Word and other programs.
• Consult the Zotero Quick Start Guide
  • Learn about installing Zotero, storing Items in My Library, assigning tags, saving searches, attaching notes and files, subscribing to RSS feeds, and other features.
• More tips and tricks can be found at this Zotero guide from the Georgia State University Library by Jason Puckett.

PowerNotes - online organization program that helps you save important text, citations, and links, as you do your research. Learn more about PowerNotes online.

• Download the PowerNotes browser extension for Chrome or Firefox.
• Capture - highlight text to save to a project.
• Personalize - add notes to what you have saved. PowerNotes automatically saves the web address (URL) where you found the text.
• Organize - sort excerpts, research notes, and URLs you save to the topic outline you create in your project.
• For an overview, consult the How to use PowerNotes page.
• View PowerNotes tutorials online.
• This guide covers creating and downloading citations with PowerNotes.
• Remember to use your Temple email when you sign up with PowerNotes. You'll be added to the Law Library's subscription.

Creating folders in research databases can help you organize your research by searches, documents, topics, clients, cases, statutes, articles, and more.

• Lexis+
  • Creating and Working with Folders on Lexis gives instructions on creating, managing, moving, re-naming, downloading and deleting folders. Save up to 2,000 items in your folders.

• Westlaw Edge
  • Link to Using Folders to Organize Your Westlaw Edge Research for information on accessing, managing, deleting, and sharing folders. It also has tips on working with text and documents within folders.

• Bloomberg Law - Workspaces and Saved for Later: 

  • Workspaces is the folder feature on Bloomberg Law that helps you organize your research and collaborate with others. Save results from Bloomberg Law and add external documents you upload. Find more information online on Workspaces and how to create, share, manage, upload, and add notes to files.

  • Use Saved for Later to quickly capture documents from multiple searches connected to a common project. You can print, download or email results from Saved for Later. Results can also be added to Workspaces. Find more tips on using Saved for Later online.

• Google Scholar
  • Google Scholar's library feature allows you to save articles from your Google Scholar search results page, organize them by adding topic labels, and search within your library. Find Google Scholar library help online and learn how to add, remove, and manage articles in your library.