ZoteroBib is a new service provided by the same people who made Zotero. You can use it to quickly create bibliographies.
This is not recommended for your ENGL 102 class, but may be OK for other classes.
Visit https://www.zbib.org
After viewing this video (3 minutes, 15 seconds):
You will be able to use Zotero Bib to create a short bibliography and export it for use in Microsoft Word for your research paper.
AnyStyle helps you convert from an existing typed bibliography (whether created manually or through other automated tools) to a format that can be imported into Zotero.
Directions:
1. Have an existing typed bibliography of references, preferably formatted in a single citation style (but this is not mandatory).
2. Visit the AnyStyle webpage: https://www.anystyle.io
3. Copy your bibliography and paste it into the box with the gray dashed border labelled "1. Parse". The gray solid box labelled "Parse" will change color to red and say "Parse X reference(s)" where X will be the number of references you pasted in. Click that button.
4. You will now see a section labelled "2. Edit." This exists in case you need to modify any of the fields of your citations. Remember you can also modify these in Zotero once you import them. Below, it says "3. Save". There, go ahead and select to export to BibTeX.
5. Your references will be saved as a BibTeX file, likely named anystyle.
6. Now, open Zotero.
7. In Zotero, along the top ribbon, click "File", then click "Import..." (You can also skip clicking these if you type Ctrl + Shift + I).
8. A gray dialog box will open that asks "Where do you want to import from?" Leave the option checked "A file (BibTeX, RIS, Zotero RDF, etc.)" and click "Next >".
9. A dialog box with the file system will open. Navigate to where your BibTeX file would have downloaded and open that file.
10. You have options now to either import those collections and items into a new collection or import them into your total library. Choose what makes sense for your project and click "Next >". They will now import and you will get a window notifying you how many items (references) were imported. Now click "Finish".
11. You have now imported your previously typed bibliography into your Zotero library.