Transferring an already-created bibliography to EndNote

ElizabethHillard

Hi All,

Sorry if this has already been discussed. I couldn't find the relevant discussion.

I just finished writing an article with about 200 references. My colleague needs to insert my text into a book, but she is using EndNote. I want to transfer the bibliography from Word (which I used for the article) to a folder, keeping the references in the same order as in the text. Then I would like to export the folder to EndNote format.

However, I am unable to work with my bibliography using the Word plug in. I see it when I use "add/edit bibliography", but can't transfer it into a folder in Zotero.

Is there a way to do this so that I don't have to transfer each reference separately in Zotero (which would also remove the ordering)?

Thanks so much,
Elizabeth

bwiernik

You can certainly export items from your library to a format Endnote can import, but there isn’t any way to convert the live citations in Word from Zotero to Endnote. They are completely different citation systems.

I suggest you have your colleague insert citations into the document as word comments (eg, with the item DOI) and you can insert them with Zotero yourself at the end.

ElizabethHillard

Thank you.

It is a pity that one cannot take a list of live citations in Word, and save the list as a collection in Zotero. This is the main issue. Once the bibliography is saved as a collection in Zotero, exporting is not a problem. I just wish that I could take my list of references and do something with it!

I think what is going to happen is that I will send my entire Zotero library to my colleague in a format that EndNote can read. Then, she will have to go through the text and add the references using EndNote.

Thanks again.

damnation

Putting the references you HAVE cited into a group is possible. Then you can at least export them for your colleague.
https://rintze.zelle.me/ref-extractor/

ElizabethHillard

YES! This is exactly what I was looking for. Giving it a try now. Thanks!

bwiernik

My point was that after exporting those items to Endnote, they aren’t connected to your word document at all. Your colleague would need to re-insert all of the citations into the document from Endnote to get a complete bibliography.

ElizabethHillard

Yes indeed, bwiernik. My colleague explained to me this aspect (that I didn't understand earlier). She is indeed doing just that. I imagine she will have a not-very-fun weekend!
Thanks a lot.