create Zotero items from a list of APA-style references

tesolchina

I am not sure if this has been discussed before. I have recently received a list of references in APA style from my supervisor. I would like to load the list to my Zotero library for future use. I wonder if there is a quick way to do it other than searching each item in Google Scholar and then save it in Zotero.
Many thanks

fbennett

Nope, that's what you'll have to do. You might check the metadata quality returned from the various services you have access to, before digging into the work in earnest.

adamsmith

well, if it's a proper APA bibliography, most items should have DOIs, which you could just copy into a list and then import into Zotero using the "Add by Identifier" (magic wand) function.

Without DOIs there are some 3rd party options:
https://www.zotero.org/support/kb/importing_formatted_bibliographies
but generally I'd recommend doing this with google scholar - in the end you'll safe time.