Mendeley

Citation Managers: which one for you?21 August 2014

What is Mendeley

• Mendeley is a free reference manager and academic social network

• Organize your research• Collaborate with others online, and discover

the latest research.• Mendeley was purchased by Elsevier during

2013. • At present the software remains free to users.

• Elsevier has recently introduced a Mendeley Institutional Edition.

• This offers an Analytics Dashboard to provide support for "institutional information objectives and researcher needs“

• Premium Upgrades and Institutional Services are also offered.

• A comparative table of what is on offer through Basic Individual and Mendeley Institutional can by found through the link given below: http://www.elsevier.com/online-tools/mendeley/about#about-mendeley-institutional-edition

Indexing your pdfs withhttp://www.mendeley.com/

Register and Download

Signing in(N.B. You will be asked to respond to this screen every time you change your LAN password)

Moving to a New ComputerOnce you have registered as a Mendeley user this is easy – download the software and log in to your existing account

Open Mendeley Desktop

Creating your library

• You can add PDFs by clicking the Add Files button on the far left toolbar

• Alternatively, you can drag and drop PDFs into the content pane

• If you want to have access to your PDFs from anywhere, activate the file synchronization feature, and you are able to access your PDF files in your Mendeley Web Library

Adding PDF files

Reviewing document detailsThis is an important task as Mendeley does not always get it right- you want your bibliography to be perfect, so take the time to review the details of each pdf you add to you library.

Watch foldersClick on Tools, Options, Watched Folders

Tick the folders you want Mendeley to watch. Any new PDF’s in these folders will be imported into your library into Mendeley automatically.

• When you place a document in a watched folder, it will automatically be added to Mendeley

• You will be able to annotate, cite and browse references instantly

• Using watched folders makes it easier to add multiple papers in one go and keep them where you want on your computer

One-click Web Importerallows you to import papers, web pages and other documents into your library from search engines and academic

databases.

Import/export across multiple platforms

Importing citationshttp://www.mendeley.com/import

Drag and drop into your bookmarks list

Insert citations in your articles

• Install the Word or Open Office plug-in (This will install tool bar

buttons that will allow you to cite a document and generate a bibliography)• Click Insert Citation within your document • Select the document in Mendeley Desktop, and click Send

Citation to Word. You can also cite multiple documents. Just hold the Ctrl key (or the Cmd key on Mac) and left click the documents you want to cite

• Select the citation style in the drop down menu in your word processor

• Generate a bibliography by clicking Insert Bibliography

Citing a document from within your libraryFrom the Mendeley citation toolbar you can automatically insert formatted citations or generate a bibliography for your paper

Mendeley Cite-O-Matic

Installing additional citation styles

Click on Adding new citation styles to Mendeley Desktop, and then the word “here”A repository of currently available styles can also be found here.

Sharing documents and references

• Groups are a simple way for you to collaborate with your colleagues and share a collection of documents.• Any member of a group may upload

documents to it.• You can create a group by clicking on “Create

Group” in the left hand pane.

Types of groups

• Private groups – These are invite-only groups whose content will only be visible to members of the group. ( great for private research projects)

• Public Invite-only Groups - These groups are visible to anyone, but only members can contribute to them (great for public reading lists)

• Public Open Groups - These are groups anyone may join and contribute to. They are designed for open discussion around any subject.

Using groups

To Summarise

• Automatically generate bibliographies • Collaborate easily with other researchers online• Easily import papers from other research software• Find relevant papers based on what you’re

reading• Access your papers from anywhere online• Read papers on the go, with our new iPhone app

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• support@mendeley.com

Mendeley Support & Help

Thank you

Amina.Adam@uct.ac.za