Thanks for the reply.

I am not au fait with technology!

I searched on 3 databases, then chose an export or save option (e.g. Export to RIS, BibTeX, or EndNote), then used .ris to export to Zotero. There might have been limits to how many I could export at one time; I know I sent some references to my email, too.

I opened Zotero on the laptop, and imported files into different categories, depending on the search string used (identity or therapy), and database.

I wanted to look at duplicates and the duplicate category HAD been there, then disappeared.

I was afraid I was going to lose all my files, so I imported all the files again so I could have an 'untouched' copy of the original haul. Then I set to go through the papers manually as I didn't have the 'duplicate' button, and THEN I found out my titles don't match the articles they have saved, not all the time, but some of the time.

I am doing a Systematic Literature Review. Please advise.
Do I need to start over?

I have no idea what I did. I think I possibly downloaded pdfs to my computer and then uploaded them. I have been working on this project since last October and have bits of information stashed in different places, it's tricky. I thought I'd use Zotero to try and streamline all the information.

I have a fair idea of which papers I'll need for my SLR (10). Do you still think it advisable to scrap and start again?

Clicking right on the library root does not show the option to show duplicates, unfortunately.

Well, it depends exactly how you downloaded the PDFs, and also on what you've done to the items.

You could delete just the attachments (we can tell you how to do that easily) and then re-add the files, either by trying to use right-click → Find Full Text (if you have direct — e.g., on-campus or VPN-based — access to files) or by manually downloading the PDF from each publication page and dragging it onto the relevant item.

Or if you're using databases where the PDFs are actually available, you could just save them normally using the Zotero Connector, which will attach PDFs if they're available. That also depends on how many items you're saving.

But you also have duplicates of almost all parent items, so you'd also want to sort by Date Added and delete all but the first set, or merge them, or something like that. Depending on what exactly you need and what you've done to each set of items, it might be easiest to start over and just avoid repeated imports.

Hmmm how to delete all articles?

Ok, I'm doing a search on APA PsycNet. I get 483 hits which I'd like to import, but maybe it's too many at one time.

I try doing it in batches of 50, still no go. I try picking 12, press save to Zotero, nothing; I press save as .ris, still nothing.

Please advise.

I was able to save some articles from PsycNet, it wouldn't export to .ris or Zotero.

First I emailed batches to myself so I would have a copy. I was able to take a screenshot of the search page and that is saved to Zotero, but not the items I wanted.
Then I turned off the Zotero Connector Chrome extension, THEN I exported to CSV, downloaded to my computer, then imported to Zotero.


Tell me there is an easier way to do this.

Great I got all my files imported. There are 3,200 after removing duplicates.

Is there a way to quickly screen all titles? I can't find anything relevant for this part on the web. I put in 'child' in the search bar, and am scanning the titles of 800+ articles, but some 'not-child' articles are coming up. (it's adults I'm looking for). I am going cross-eyed looking at my computer. Can you advise?