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-===I have bibliographies in Microsoft Word documents, PDFs, and other text files. Can I import them into my Zotero library?===+===== I have bibliographies in Microsoft Word documents, PDFs, and other text files. Can I import them into my Zotero library? =====
  
-==Citations inserted using a reference manager== +==== Citations inserted using a reference manager ====
-For Microsoft Word ".docx" documents with Zotero or Mendeley citation fields that were inserted with the Word plugins from these reference managers, you can use [[http://rintze.zelle.me/ref-extractor/|Reference Extractor]].+
  
-If you still have the references in a reference manager, you can export them from this program to a file format for exchanging bibliographic metadata, such as RIS or BibTeX, and then [[getting_stuff_into_your_library:#Importing_Records_from_Other_Reference_Tools|import this file]] into Zotero.+Zotero can read existing citations created by the Zotero and Mendeley Desktop word processor pluginsallowing you to continue using those citations in the same document even if the items don't exist in your Zotero library. Simply click Add/Edit Citation, search for an existing citation, and select it from the Cited section of the search results. (This applies to the default citation dialog only, not the "classic" dialog.)
  
-==Citations inserted using Microsoft Word's built-in citation feature== +If a document contains Zotero or Mendeley Desktop citations not in your library and you need to make changes to the metadata or include them in other documents, you'll need to extract the citations into your library. For Word .docx documents, you can use [[https://rintze.zelle.me/ref-extractor/|Reference Extractor]]. Note that to continue using the same document, you'll want to replace all instances of the original citation with the new item from your library, being sure to select from the library section of the citation dialog's search results rather than the Cited section. 
-You can follow these steps to format the bibliography as BibTeX, which Zotero can import: + 
-  - Download this [[http://www.k-jahn.de/stuff/bibtex.xsl|Word bibliography stylesheet]].+If you still have the references in the reference manager, you can import them into Zotero:  
 + 
 +  * Zotero has a [[mendeley_import|built-in Mendeley importer]] that can import all data and automatically relink citations in existing documents. 
 +  * For other programs, export your data in a format such as RIS or BibTeX and then [[adding_items_to_zotero:#Importing_Records_from_Other_Reference_Tools|import the file]] into Zotero. You'll need to replace all existing citations in any document for which you want Zotero to generate a correct bibliography. 
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 +==== Citations inserted using Microsoft Words built-in citation feature ==== 
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 +If you used Word's built-in citation feature, you can follow these steps to format the bibliography as BibTeX, which Zotero can import: 
 +  - Download this [[https://gist.githubusercontent.com/JaimeChavarriaga/40166befb14f2fe5dac390688d9eaf03/raw/faf4aa3f72e553095f81f1440c3dce744c2755a2/bibtex.xsl|Word bibliography stylesheet]].
   - Save the stylesheet to Word's bibliography styles folder:   - Save the stylesheet to Word's bibliography styles folder:
-    //Windows:// <code>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\<Office version>\Bibliography\Style</code> +    //Word 2016/2019/Office 365 for Windows:// <code>C:\Users\<currentusername>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Bibliography\Style</code> 
-    //Mac:// Go to the Applications folder. Right-click on Microsoft Word and choose "Show Package Contents". Navigate to: <code>Content/Resources/Style</code>+    * //Word 2010 for Windows:// <code>C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\<Office version>\Bibliography\Style</code> or <code>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\<Office version>\Bibliography\Style</code> 
 +    //Mac:// Go to the Applications folder. Right-click on Microsoft Word and choose "Show Package Contents". Navigate to: <code>Content/Resources/Style</code>
   - In Word, change your bibliography style to "BibTeX export" and copy the bibliography to the clipboard.   - In Word, change your bibliography style to "BibTeX export" and copy the bibliography to the clipboard.
   - Use Zotero's [[kb:import_from_clipboard|Import from Clipboard]] function.   - Use Zotero's [[kb:import_from_clipboard|Import from Clipboard]] function.
  
-==Plain-text citations and bibliographies== +To continue using the same document, you'll want to replace all instances of the original citations so that Zotero can generate a correct bibliography.
-If the references have ISBNs, DOIs, or PubMed IDs, you can also use the [[:getting_stuff_into_your_library#add_item_by_identifier|Add Item by Identifier]] function in Zotero to quickly add these items to your Zotero library.+
  
-You can parse plain-text bibliography references using [[http://anystyle.io|AnyStyle]], an online bibliography parser that can be trained for improved results. Export parsed citations as BibTeX or CiteProc/JSON and import into Zotero. Additional plain-text reference parsers are listed below.+==== Plain-text citations and bibliographies ====
  
-Otherwise, your best option is to find the items online in a repository that Zotero supports, or, as a last resort, manually enter the references.+If the references have ISBNs, DOIs, or PubMed IDsyou can use the [[:adding_items_to_zotero#add_item_by_identifier|Add Item by Identifier]] function in Zotero to quickly add these items to your Zotero library.
  
-//Alternative plain-text reference parsers:// +If you have many references, you can use [[http://anystyle.io|AnyStyle]], ​an online bibliography ​parser written by a Zotero developerExport parsed citations as BibTeX or CSL-JSON and import them into Zotero. 
-  - [[http://www.molspaces.com/d_cb2bib-overview.php|cb2Bib]]: A tool that will take formatted references copied to the clipboard and attempts to parse them into BibTeX formatwhich Zotero can import. + 
-  - [[http://text2bib.economics.utoronto.ca/|text2bib]]: A Web-based service by the economics department at the University of Toronto that can convert references in a text file to BibTeX formatwhich Zotero can import. +Otherwise, your best option is to find the items online in a repository that Zotero supportsoras last resortmanually enter the references.
-  - [[http://freecite.library.brown.edu/welcome|FreeCite]]: An open-source tool hosted by Brown University that converts formatted bibliographies to format that the Zotero Connector browser plugin can detectImport detected citations using the Zotero button in your browser toolbar+
-  - [[http://www.crossref.org/SimpleTextQuery/|Simple Text Query]]: A tool by CrossRef that tries to find the Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) of the journal articlesbooksor chapters cited in bibliography. If DOIs are foundyou can follow the provided links to the publisher websites and import into Zotero.+
  
 +In all cases, you'll need to replace all existing citations in any document for which you want Zotero to generate a correct bibliography. 
  
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