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Mendeley - Manage and Share your Research: Moving from Mendeley to Zotero

A quick guide on how to use Mendeley to keep track of your research, to quickly and easily cite while writing and how to share your research.

Moving citations from Mendeley to Zotero (and vice versa)

Zotero and Mendeley has many similarities in the backend, so transferring citations between these two software is via the Zotero API.

NOTE: It is likely to exclude the attached full-text PDFs.

 

PC Users:

  1. Click on Tools
  2. Select Options and select Zotero
  3. Connect Mendeley to the Zotero API by keying in your Zotero username and password. Your Zotero account will by synced to your Mendeley account

Mac Users:

  1. Click on Mendeley Desktop
  2. Click on Preferences and select Zotero
  3. Connect Mendeley to the Zotero API by keying in your Zotero username and password. Your Zotero account will be synced to your Mendeley account

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