Importing from Other Reference Managers#

It’s easy to migrate your data from other reference management tools to Zotero. Instructions for popular tools are linked below.

• Mendeley
• EndNote
• Citavi
• Microsoft Word Bibliography XML
• Plain text reference lists
• Bib(La)TeX
• JabRef

You can also import from other tools, such as Reference Manager, RefWorks, Papers, Google Scholar Library, ReadCube, etc., by exporting to a standardized reference format, such as RIS, BibTeX, or CSL JSON, and then importing into Zotero by clicking File → “Import…” and choose “A file”.

If you already have data in a Zotero library on another computer, follow these instructions to transfer your library to your new computer.