Maintain Existing File Structures During Conversion to Zotero
Maintaining Existing Folder Structure
Moving your existing RefWorks citations to Zotero is a two-step process - the first step is downloading your citations from RefWorks. The second is uploading them to Zotero.
Step 1: Downloading Existing Citations
If you want to maintain the same folder structure in your new reference manager, you should export your citations from RefWorks one folder at a time.
We recommended that you save each export file created below with the name of the folder, so each is easily identifiable when importing to Zotero.
- Login to your New RefWorks account.
- Click My Folders (from the left navigation pane) and select a folder for export from the list.
- Check the Select All box (just above your list of references) and click the Share icon.
- Choose Export References.
- Choose whether you want to export the entire contents of the folder or only selected items.the following options:
- Choose BibTeX.
- Click Export.
- Make note of where you export/save the file, because you'll need it to import into Zotero.
- Repeat these steps for each folder, then follow the import instructions below.
