Today, there is an app, website, or software platform for just about anything (including finding someone to walk your dog).

But when it comes to academic writing, there is 1 tool I can't live without:

Zotero

And here's why:

• #1 🗂️: Stay organized. Great to collect, organize, annotate, cite, and share research

• #2 💻: Works with tools I'm already using. The browser extension makes it a breeze to add citations to my library

• #3 🪄: Save time. Zotero's Magic Wand only needs an article's DOI to collect the full citation info

• #4 🧑‍🤝‍🧑: No more lost references! Collaborate easily with other scholars using shared citation folders

• #5 🎛️: Submitting to a new journal? Easily convert all citations to the correct format for each journal

If you get annoyed by writing your citations sections, collaborate with other scholars, or want to organize your research resources, I can't recommend Zotero enough.