Answered By: Kathryn Devine
Last Updated: Feb 10, 2025     Views: 42

Zotero has a 'library lookup' function which you will find in the 'Locate' menu to the right of your item's information pane in the desktop version of Zotero. Library lookup allows you to link to your institution's open URL resolver to check full text options for journal articles you have saved to your Zotero library. There is a list of institutional URLs on Zotero's website.

To set it up to connect with the University of Worcester's link resolver, click "edit", then "settings", and then under "locate" click "custom", and locate the University of Worcester from the list. Alternatively, paste the following into the box marked "base URL":

https://MT6QM6WX6P.search.serialssolutions.com 

Close the settings box once you have done this; it will save your settings automatically. 

Screenshot of Zotero settings showing where to locate base URL resolver

Now when you click "locate", and "library look up", Zotero will take you to our 360 link so you can see access options via the library's subscriptions.

Screenshot of Zotero locate option with "library lookup" selected