If this folder is empty, your library doesn't include any duplicates. Under each library you have in your Zotero desktop program (either your personal library or your group libraries), you'll see a folder titled Duplicate Items. If you want to keep track of how many duplicates you're removing for a project (such as for a PRISMA flowchart), you should create a new group and move your sources there for a "clean" library in which to deduplicate. It also does not affect articles that you've copied into multiple folders. It does so on the "My Library" level it doesn't locate duplicates in individual folders. To help you get these out of your library, Zotero will automatically find duplicates for you. When you export sources from multiple databases, you will frequently end up with duplicate copies of the same source. You should now see the imported sources in your Zotero. When you hit Next again, Zotero will import these sources into a new folder that has the same title as your file. Even if you plan to move these into another folder, creating a new folder when importing is recommended so that you can easily review what you've just added. Zotero will confirm that you want to create a new folder ("collection") for these imported sources. Choose the file from your computer it's probably in your Downloads if you didn't specify another location. When asked Where Do You Want to Import From?, choose A File, and click Next. Open your Zotero desktop program, click on the library that you want the folder to be in (either your personal or a group library), and then click on File from the top menu, and then select Import. nbib file should be saved to your computer. Choose Citation manager, then choose from the drop-down box if you'd like All results or All results on this page. Click Create File. For this example, I will be exporting from PubMed.įrom your search results page in PubMed, click on the words Send To located just beneath the search box. Every database's export process looks different.
The first step is to export a file from your database that is readable by a citation manager. Zotero allows you to import a file of as many sources as you want that you've saved from a database. For some projects, you may be capturing so many sources from a database that it would be more convenient to batch export all of your search results than to save them one by one or even page by page with the web connector.