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Getting started
Who this is for: you are starting a literature review and want a working library of sources this week.
What you’ll be able to do at the end: save sources from the browser into an organized library, with PDFs attached and metadata retrieved automatically.
| # | Lesson | Time | Moves milestone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Install Zotero and the browser connector | 6 min | M1 (setup) |
| 2 | Save your first sources from the web | 7 min | M1 — first capture |
| 3 | Add PDFs and retrieve metadata | 5 min | M2 (setup) |
| 4 | Organize with collections and tags | 6 min | M2 — working collection |
Why this path exists: the browser connector is the single largest category in the support question analysis — 20 of 128 questions — and week-1 questions cluster here. Do lessons 1–2 in one sitting if you can; milestone M1 is the foundation for everything else.