## Importing References

There are many ways to add existing reference items to a BibDesk database.

- Drag and Drop or Copy and Paste formatted text on the database window.
- Drag and Drop or Copy and Paste formatted text files on the database window.
- Drag and Drop or Copy and Paste files or URLs to link on the database window.
- Drag and Drop or Copy and Paste on a detail editor window.
- Drag and Drop, Copy and Paste, or "Merge In" items from External Groups.
- Copy text to clipboard and choose "New Publications from Clipboard".
- Choose "New Publications from File" to import from a file.
- Choose "New Publications from Web" to import from a web source.
- Select formatted text and choose "Add to Bibliography" from System Services.
- Open other file and Drag and Drop or Copy and Paste between database windows.
- Choose "Open Using Temporary Cite Keys" to fix bibtex with missing cite keys.
- Choose "Open Using Filter" to preprocess data.

Here ``formatted text'` means bibliography data in any of a number of formats that BibDesk can recognize. This includes BibTeX, RIS, Medline (PubMed), MARC, JSTOR, and Web of Knowledge.

More details are given in the following sections.