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-Zotero automatically detects library records, news items, journal articles, and other objects you might like to save in your collection.  A few of the popular sites that we already support include:
+======Zotero Translators=====
-  * The Library of Congress
-  * Harvard University Library
-  * University of Michigan Library
-  * Amazon.com
-  * The New York Times
-  * The Washington Post
-  * Google Books
-  * Google Scholar
-  * The New York Review of Books
-  * The Chronicle of Higher Education
-Zotero also currently works with these electronic resources:
+Zotero automatically detects journal articles, library records, news items, and other objects you might like to save to your Zotero library. Zotero uses so-called "translators" to detect and import data from websites. There are currently more than 600 different translators, facilitating data import from countless sites.
-  * OCLC WorldCat/FirstSearch
-  * ProQuest
-  * JSTOR
-  * Project MUSE
-  * ABC-CLIO
-  * LexisNexis
-  * InfoTrac College Edition
-  * InfoTrac OneFile
-  * EBSCOhost
-  * History Cooperative
-  * PubMed
-  * CiteSeer
-Because Zotero relies on common library standards, hundreds of other sites also already work with Zotero.  In fact, Zotero should work with any library and museum catalogs that are produced using these common software packages and technologies:
+You can see the translator Zotero is using on a given page by hovering over the Zotero save button in your browser.
-  * Voyager (WebVoyage)
-  * InnoPAC
-  * SIRSI
-  * Aleph
-  * Dynix
-  * VTLS
-  * DRA
-  * GEAC
-  * SIRSI
-  * TLC/YouSeeMore
-  * Embedded RDF
-  * COinS
-If you happen to find a site that Zotero does not recognize, please let us know in the forums.  We are working hard to extend our compatibility and want to learn how we can meet your needs.  In the meantime please remember that Zotero also currently lets you save any URL or take a screenshot of any web page.
+====Types of Sites Supported====
+===Library Catalogs===
+Zotero imports records from many library cataloging systems, providing seamless import from hundreds of academic and non-academic libraries. Supported library catalogue systems include: Aleph, Amicus, BiblioCommons, Dynix, Encore, Mango, InnoPAC, Primo, SirsiDynix, TLC/YouSeeMore, Voyager, and WorldCat.
+===Databases===
+Zotero imports data, and in many cases full-text PDFs, from the most popular electronic databases, including EBSCO, IEEEXplore, JSTOR, Google Scholar, ProQuest, PubMed, and many more. It also works with most major journal publishers, including Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Project MUSE, ScienceDirect (Elsevier), SpringerLink, Taylor and Francis, and many more.
+===Individual Site Translators===
+Zotero has dedicated translators for hundreds of websites, ranging from Amazon (in various countries), The New York Times, and The Economist, to Mainichi Daily News (Japan), Kommersant (Russia), Spiegel Online (Germany), and many more from around the world.
+===Metadata Import===
+Zotero detects and imports metadata embedded by an increasing number of websites and databases in open formats such as COinS, Embedded RDF, Google/HighWire meta tags, and unAPI.
+====Full List of Translators====
+You can see a list of the 600+ Zotero translators, along with their code, at the [[https://github.com/zotero/translators/|Zotero Translator GitHub repository]].
+==== Translator Troubleshooting ====
+If Zotero fails to import high-quality data from a site that you think should be supported, first check whether you're experiencing a general problem by trying to save an article from Wikipedia or a book from Amazon. If that doesn't work either, see [[Troubleshooting Translator Issues]]. You're having trouble with a specific site, report it in the [[/forum|Zotero Forums]] along with the exact URL you're trying.