====== How do I import BibTeX or other standardized formats? ======

Zotero can import bibliographic data stored in a variety of standardized formats used by databases and other reference management tools. The most popular formats are RIS, Bib(La)Tex, and MODS.

If you have a database stored in one of these formats, such as a BibTeX database you've compiled or a RIS database you've exported from another reference manager, you can import them into Zotero by clicking File → “Import…” and choosing "A file". 

See also [[/support/moving_to_zotero|Moving to Zotero]].

==== Zotero can import the following bibliographic formats ====

  * Zotero RDF
  * CSL JSON
  * BibTeX
  * BibLaTeX
  * RIS
    * Can be convenient for quick edits between export & import because of its simple structure
  * Bibliontology RDF
  * MODS (Metadata Object Description Schema)
  * Endnote XML
    * Best format for exporting from Endnote
  * Citavi XML 
    * Best format for exporting from Citavi
  * MAB2
  * MARC
  * MARCXML
  * MEDLINE/nbib
  * OVID Tagged
  * PubMed XML
  * RefWorks Tagged
    * Best format for exporting from RefWorks
  * Web of Science Tagged
  * Refer/BibIX
    * Generally avoid if any other option is available
  * XML ContextObject
  * Unqualified Dublin Core RDF

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