can't import Endnote references

jm21 · June 11, 2008

When I try to import references from End Note, I get a message saying that Zotero can't import because an error has occurred. It suggests that the file I am trying to import may not be right. But I have checked the export file created by Endnote and it looks right. It is text only and in RIS format. What a I doing wrong?

hitt · June 18, 2008

The instructions I just read in the Zotero help document said to export from EndNote using BibText, not RIS. You might try that. Although I have had problems myself when I use that as the export. I hope someone on this site knows what's wrong.

dstillman · June 19, 2008

But I have checked the export file created by Endnote and it looks right. It is text only and in RIS format

Try copying and pasting parts of the RIS file into new ones until you find (if possible) a single reference that gives the error, and then post it here. If you copy half of the file at a time, and then half of the side that gives the error, then half again, and so on, you should be able to narrow it down pretty quickly.