RefWorks Migration: Migrating TO Mendeley

How to move citations from RefWorks to Mendeley​

If you want to keep your folder structure, you will need to export each folder individually and create folders in Mendeley that replicate the folder name in RefWorks.

For best results export no more than 500 references at a time.

• Log into your RefWorks account.
• Click on the folder you want to export.

• Go to the Share Tab and choose Export references

• Choose all references from the selected folder and BibTeX as the format, then click Export.

Open Mendeley Desktop

 (After creating an account and downloaded Mendeley Desktop)

• Click on the Add dropdown menu

• Choose Add Files
• Find and select the file that you exported from RefWorks in your Downloads area as export.bib and click Open:

Your files have been added to Mendeley. You can now create a folder and add these files to them.