Titles not appearing on import

CeddB · 2025-09-24T14:37:45+00:00

I just imported all my references from Endnote 21 to make the switch. On my native, desktop Zotero the titles are missing even though they appear on my synced web library. See attached. How to I correct this so that the titles appear in the central pane?

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dstillman · 2025-09-24T14:39:16+00:00

Restart in Troubleshooting Mode (Help → "Restart in Troubleshooting Mode…”), which temporarily disables all plugins. If that fixes it, you'll have to identify the plugin that's interfering.

If not, you're just looking at different items. The web library and the desktop app would be showing the same data for the same items.

The bibliography entry shown at the top there by suggests that this item just genuinely does not have a title, so there was likely something wrong with the exported data.

dstillman · 2025-09-24T14:41:09+00:00

Also note that, if you imported multiple times in different ways, you might have one set of correct items and one set of incorrect items. You can sort by Date Added and delete an entire set of imported items if necessary.

CeddB · 2025-09-24T15:08:30+00:00

Oops: I'm used to looking at my references organized by author in alphabetical order. Upon import, Zotero listed the titles by alphabetical order including those entries that--for whatever reason, probably the folly of my youth--did not have a title. When I scroll down, I see the references that do have titles.

Still, thank you. Your suggestion led me to discover my problem (not Zotero's).