Four tools with one rule between them: nothing enters the bibliography until you have opened it and written down the date.
BeginnerRequired tools from Free – $17.99/mo when every seat is on the cheapest monthly tier.
Vendor annual plans, usage billing, and team seats can change the real bill. Treat this as a floor, not a quote.
Where the search starts. Type the key terms from your question, then follow the reference list and the citing papers of the two best hits. Copy DOIs out. Save nothing here.
The only place a source becomes real. One entry per opened source with type, checked date, and a note in your own words about what was measured. A source you have not read does not get an entry.
One pass for what papers do not cover: a new regulation, a national report, the institution running the pilot. Copy the URLs and open them. Its citation list never becomes your bibliography.
Loaded only with the sources already in Zotero. Ask it where two of them disagree and make it quote the sentence. Do not ask it for the claims or the wording of the brief.
This stack only earns its keep when you actually follow the run order.