Mendeley Reference Manager

Getting started!
Grad Help workshop
Aqeel Qureshi
November 18, 2015

Outline
Mendeley; an introduction
Getting started

Building profile
Creating library
Managing documents and references
Inserting citations and generating bibliography
Sharing data with groups

Demonstration of important procedures

Introduction

Introduction

Introduction

How Mendeley helps

1. All your research in one place
Work from different workstations, 2GB of personal workspace

2. Read and annotate on the go

Highlight, annotate and add sticky notes

3. Citation and bibliographies

The style of your choice, compatible with text editor e.g. MS Word

4. Sharing and collaboration

Share reading lists, references or full-text articles

5. Showcasing your work

Connect with colleagues, peers or classmates, share your published research
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Getting started

Installation
Make an account and public profile @ https://www.mendeley.com
Online maintenance of library, sharing, collaboration etc.

Download the installation file

https://www.mendeley.com/download-mendeley-desktop/

Installing word plugin

Close MS Word
Mendeley Desktop go to Tools > Install <Your text processor> Plugin.
On text processor, go to View > Toolbars and select the Mendeley toolbar.
You should then be able to see the buttons 'Insert Citation', 'Insert
Bibliography', etc.
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Creating library
Adding files for Citation and referencing
Search literature through Mendeleys Literature Search
Citation data auto generated

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Creating library
Adding files for Citation and referencing
Search literature through Mendeleys Literature Search
Manually add/import files
Add only citation data

Journals, magazines
provide citation files
for each of their publication

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Creating library
Adding files for Citation and referencing
Search literature through Mendeleys Literature Search
Manually add/import files
Import PDF and Mendeley generates the citation data
Article also included in library for reading/ reviewing

Works well for most documents, older documents converted to PDF from
other formats (scans, images) often fails to capture the required citation
information. As a result manual correction/ update of data is required.

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Creating library
Adding files for Citation and referencing
Search literature through Mendeleys Literature Search
Manually add/import files

Web Importer
The Web Importer lets you import references and documents from over 30
academic databases.

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Managing documents and references

Organize into folders
Mark documents as read/ un-read
Watch folders option allows automatic import of PDFs into Mendeley
once any new file is added to the folder being watched
Sorting files into folders based on authors, journals
Variety of citation styles

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Inserting citations & generating bibliographies

In text editor e.g. MS Word 2013
References > Insert citation

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Inserting citations & generating bibliographies

In text editor e.g. MS Word 2013
References > Insert citation
Search by author, title or year in My Library
Add multiple citations

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Inserting citations & generating bibliographies

In text editor e.g. MS Word 2013
References > Insert citation
Search by author, title or year in My Library
Directly go to Mendeley and select the file

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Sharing reference with group

Create group
Discover group

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For more help!

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Thank you

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Credits
Mendeley desktop
Mendeley web @ https://www.mendeley.com

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