Tags help you describe citations in more detail. You can create your own tags or Zotero automatically tags citations with keywords and subject headings that come from a publisher, author, database, or index.
Tags come in two colors:
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Your own tags will have a blue icon:
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Imported tags will have an orange icon:
Tags show up in Zotero Standalone in two places:
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At the bottom of the left panel there is a list of all tags:
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When you click into a single citation:
To create a tag:
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Click on a citation in the center panel to reveal details in the right panel.
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Choose the tags tab.
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Click on ‘Add.’
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Look for a blank field with a blue icon at the bottom of the list.
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Name your tag by typing in the field.
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Push the enter or return key on your keyboard when you are finished naming your tag.
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Your tag will appear in the tag list alphabetically.
To add multiple citations to a single tag:
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Search for your tag in the tag search field in Zotero Standalone.
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Select, drag and drop the citations onto the tag.
To add tags with a single key on your keyboard:
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Right-click or CTRL click on a tag..
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Choose ‘assign color.’
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Pick a color and Zotero will automatically assign a number to that color.
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Click on ‘set color’ and the tag changes to that color and a dot with that color will appear next to your citations.
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Select a citation and push the key on your keyboard associated with the tag color and Zotero will automatically tag your citation with a single keystroke
See Zotero's documentation about collections and tags for more information about tags (e.g. adding colors and keyboard shortcuts with numbers).