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 What is Mendeley?
 Creating your library
 Managing your documents & references
 Inserting citations & generating bibliographies
 Sharing references using groups
What is Mendeley?
Based in London, Mendeley are 30+ researchers, graduates and
software developers from...

Supported by:
...backed by co-
founders and former
executives of:
What is Mendeley?

Mendeley is free academic software


(Win, Mac & Linux) to manage, share,
read, annotate and cite your research
papers...

...and a research network to manage


your papers online, discover research
trends and statistics, and to connect to
like-minded researchers.
Creating your library
What is Mendeley?

Set up and manage your reference groups

Library showing all your documents (citation or table view)

Add tags & notes and edit document details

Filter your papers by authors, keywords, tags, or publications


Adding your papers

You have different options to set up your library:


• Add single files or an entire folder
• “Watch a folder” to automatically import PDF files
• Drag and drop PDFs into Mendeley Desktop

… and Mendeley will try to extract the document


details automatically

You can also:


• Add existing EndNote/BibTeX/RIS databases
• Sync with other reference management webapps
• Use Mendeley Web Importer to add from online
databases
• Add from the Mendeley Research Catalog
Document details lookup

Enter the DOI, PubMed, or ArXiv ID and


click on the magnifier glass to start lookup

Missing info is added automatically


Web Importer

www.mendeley.com/import

To install the Web Importer,


drag & drop the bookmarklet
to your Favorites/Bookmarks
in your internet browser

Supported sites

The Web Importer helps


you grab citations off
the web
Using the Web Importer

On the web page with …then click on “Import” to import


the reference(s) you the reference/paper to your
want to capture: click on Mendeley library. If
the bookmarklet… possible/available, also the
associated PDF will be imported.
Synchronize and manage your library online

You can also add


references and
edit & manage your
library online
Managing your documents & references
Manage your library

Open attached PDF files in integrated viewer

Documents can be marked read/unread

Star your favorite papers

Filter by authors, tags, publications or keywords


Search as you type
Full text search in Mendeley’s PDF viewer
Annotate and highlight
Mendeley‘s File Organizer

You can find the


File Organizer in
Tools > Options >
File Organizer
Citing and sharing references
Citing in Word & Open Office

Click on “Insert Citation” in Word

Highlight the paper(s) you want to


cite
Citing in Word & Open Office

Citation will show up based on selected style

Generate a bibliography in one click!

Cite into Google


documents
or other editors by
copy & paste
Share references with Mendeley Groups

Groups can be private or public (invite only or open)

View the group online –


Public groups only have the reference details – no
other users can request to
full text. Private groups contain the full text
join or simply follow the
including notes & annotations.
activity of the group
Create Groups in Mendeley Desktop

Private groups
contain the full
text.

Public groups
share references
only.
Create Groups in Mendeley Desktop

You can also


create groups
online.
Create your professional research profile
Search the Mendeley Research Catalog
Get readership information on papers
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to see what others are saying, leave
feedback, request features or report
bugs.
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