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Online Bibliographic Tools: Switching Among Tools

Guide to various reference management systems for keeping track of research and resources.

Export

If you would like to export one or more items, you can do so in the following formats.  These formats allow you to migrate your items from one tool to another (note that these formats do not include file attachments).

Note that to export from EndNote to Zotero, you can Export citations from EndNote using the .xml format, and then Import them with Zotero.

EndNote: highlight references you want to export, can export to .txt, .rtf, .htm, .xml formats via File menu

screenshot of File menu in EndNote with Export option highlighted

Mendeley: highlight references you want to export, can export to .bib, .ris, .xml formats via File menu

screenshot of File menu in Mendeley with Export option highlighted 

Zotero: highlight references you wish to export, can export to BibTeX, CSV, EndNote, Refworks, MODS, and more formats by right clicking

screenshot of File menu in Zotero with Export Items option highlighted

 


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