While the Zotero browser button grabs metadata from a bibliographic record on a browser page, you can also import records into Zotero by saving the bibliographic records export file on your computer, then bringing them into Zotero as a batch.
- When searching from the library homepage main search box, as you find records you wish to keep, click the little thumbtack pin icon next to the record to add it to your “pinned” list.
- You can then export your pinned list at once by clicking the pin icon in the top right of your browser window to view your pinned list.
- When viewing your pinned list, select the items you want to save to your machine or click the box that lets you select them all at once.
- As soon as you select items, there will appear a little “…” icon in the black bar above your records. This menu allow you to “Export.RIS”. Clicking that will expose a “download” button. Choose “save as” (in Firefox) and make sure you pay attention to where you saved the file.
5. Then, in Zotero, click the gear icon and select “Import…”
6. Browse to that .RIS file you saved from Primo, select it, and click the “Open” button. This should import the exported items into your Zotero library.
(thanks to Colorado State Fort Collins libraries for these instructions!)