Mendeley
MendeleyDesktopisaprogramthatyoucandownloadandinstallonyourWindows,MacorLinux
computerforfree.Afreeweb-basedversionofMendeleyisalsoavailableandthereisafreeappfor
iPhone,iPAD,orAndroid.YourMendeleyLibrarycanbesynchronisedacrossthesedifferent
platforms.YoucaneasilyinsertreferencesfromyourMendeleylibraryintoaMicrosoftWord
documentascitationsandbibliography.YoucaninstallMendeleyDesktoponasmanydifferent
computersasyoulike.
AccessMendeley
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GototheMendeleywebsitewww.mendeley.com
Enteryournameande-mailaddress,thenclickonSignup&Download
Followtheon-screeninstructionstocompleteyourregistrationandinstallMendeley
desktop.AMendeleyWebaccountwillautomaticallybecreatedatthesametime.
AddReferencestoYourLibrary
1.CreateReferencesbyAddingPDFDocumentstoYourLibrary
DragandDrop
• OpenMendeleyDesktop
• DraganddropaPDFintothemainWelcometoMendeleyscreeninMendeleyDesktop
• Mendeleywilllocatebibliographicinformationfromthedocumentandaddabibliographic
referencetoyourlibrary.Acopyofthefull-textPDFwillbeattachedtothereference.
AddFiles
• ClickonAllDocumentsfromthemenutotheleftofthescreen
• ClicktheAddFilesicononthetoolbar.(Windows:,orMac:)
• BrowseforaPDFthatyouhavestoredlocallyonyourcomputer
• SelectitandclickonOpen
AddFolder
YoucanaddafolderofPDFsinsteadbyusingthedrop-downmenunexttotheAddFilesicon.
NBBibliographicdetailsmaynotalwaysimportcorrectly.In
thatcase,thearticlewillbeaddedtotheNeedsReview
collection.Youcaneitheraddbibliographicdetailsmanually,
oryoucansearchtheMendeleycatalogueforthecorrect
details(atthetopoftherighthandNeedsReviewpane).
WatchFolder
MendeleyDesktopwillautomaticallyimportallfilesthatyousavetoaparticularfolderon
yourcomputer.Tosetthisup,selectWatchFolderfromthedrop-downmenunexttothe
AddFilesicon.
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2.DownloadReferencesfromOnlineSourcesusingMendeleyWeb
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InMendeleyWeb,clickontheMendeleyproductsiconinthetoprightcornerofthe
screen
ClickonWebImporter
Followtheon-screeninstructionstoinstalltheimporteronyourwebbrowser
IfyousearchadatabasethatiscompatiblewithMendeley,clickontheimportertoselect
andimportthemintoMendeleyWeb.YoucanthenopenMendeleyDesktopandclickon
Sync,onthetoolbar,totransferthereferencesfromMendeleyWebtoMendeleyDesktop.
DatabasesthatarecompatiblewithMendeleyincludethefollowing:
• Amazon
• Frontiers
• PLoS • AmericanHeartAssociation
• GoogleBookSearch
• PNAS • AmericanSocietyfor
• GoogleScholar • PubMed
MicrobiologyJournals
• Informaworld • SAGE • AnnualReviews
• IngentaConnect
• ScienceDirect • APAPsycNET
• ISIWebofKnowledge • Scopus • BioMedCentral
• JAMA
• SpringerLink
• BMJ • LancetJournals
• WHO • Cell
• MDPI
• Wikipedia
• CiteULike
• Nature • WileyOnlineLibrary
• EBSCO
• OvidSP
• WorldCat
• eLIFE • PeerJ • EuropePMC
Youcantrytoimportreferencesfromothersites,butthedatamaynotbetransferredtoyour
MendeleyLibrarycorrectly.
3.UsetheMendeleyLiteratureSearchtoAddaReference
InyourMendeleyDesktopLibrary,selectLiteratureSearchfromthelefthandmenu.Typesome
searchterms,orwordsfromthearticletitleintotheboxandconductasearch.Tosaveareference
fromtheresultslisttoyourMendeleyLibrary,clickontheresultinthecentralpaneandthenclick
onSaveReferenceintherighthandpane.
4.Directexportfromonlinedatabases
ItispossibletoexportmultiplereferencesdirectlyintoMendeleyfromsomeonlinebibliographic
databases.Thiscanbeusefulifyouareworkingwithlargenumbersofsearchresults.
5.Manuallyaddreferences
SelectAddEntryManuallyfromthedrop-downmenunextto
theAddFilesicononthetoolbar.
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OrganisetheReferencesinYourMendeleyLibrary
CreateFolderstoGroupYourReferences
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ClickonCreateFolderinthelefthandmenu
Givethefolderaname
AddreferencestothefolderbydragginganddroppingthemfromtheAllDocumentsfolder
intothenewfolder
Clickonthefoldernametoviewtherecordsinthatfolder
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(Tocreateasub-folder,rightclickonthefolderandselectCreateFolder.)
AnnotatePDFs
DoubleclickonanyreferenceinMendeleyDesktopthathasaPDFattached.ThePDFwillopenina
newtab.
Youcanaddhighlightsandannotationstothedocument.ClickonHighlightorNoteonthetoolbar
togetstarted.
ShareCollections
MakeaCollectionofReferencesPublicallyAvailableontheWeb
Youcancreateagroupofreferencesandmakethempublic.Thepubliccollectionbehaveslikea
feed,soyoucansharealistofdocumentswithsubscribedusersandovertheweb.
Note:Ifyouhaveanyfull-textdocumentsattachedtoyourreferences,thesewillnotbemade
public.
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ClickonCreateGroupbeneaththeGroupsheading
ACreateanewgroupformwillappear
Givethegroupanameandadescriptionandchoosethelevelofaccess(Openaccessisfree.
Thereisachargeforotheroptions.)
ClickonCreateGroup
Addthee-mailaddressesofanyoneyouwanttobeabletosharetheGroup
Addreferencestoyourgroup
ClickonSynctomakeyourgroupvisibleontheweb
GotoMendeleyWebandclickonthethreeverticaldotstotherightofthenameofyourgroup
ClickonGroupDetailstogotothegroupwebpage.Thewebaddressofthispagecanbeshared
withothers
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AddIn-textCitationsandReferencestoYourWordDocument
Toaddanin-textcitation:
• GotoMendeleyDesktop
• FromtheToolsmenu,selectinstallMSWordPlugin
• Followtheon-screeninstructionstoinstalltheplugin
• OpenWordandclickontheReferencestabinWindows,orAdd-insonaMac
• PlaceyourcursorintheWorddocumentintheplacewhereyouwishtoinsertacitation
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Clickon
inWindows,oronaMac
Typeoneormorekeywordsintothesearchboxtofindthereferencethatyouwishtocite
(e.g.typeanauthor’ssurname,orawordfromthetitle)
ClickontherelevantreferenceandthenclickonOK
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Acitationwillappearinyourdocument.
Toaddabibliographytotheendofyourdocument:
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PlaceyourcursorattheendofyourWorddocument,intheplacewhereyouwishthe
bibliographytogo
• Clickon
Tochangethestyleofyourcitationsandreferences:
• ClickontheStyledrop-downmenu
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Selectthestyleyouwishtouse(orclickonMoreStylesforalistofallavailablestyles)
ClickonUsethisStyle(or,ifyouselectedMoreStyles,clickontheGetMoreStylestab,
selectastyle,thenclickonInstallandUse)
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SyncingyourMendeleyLibrary
ToseethesamerecordsinMendeleyDesktop,yourMendeleyWebaccountand/oryour
iPAD/iPhoneaccount
• ClickonSync
YourMendeleyWebaccountcanbeaccessedviawww.mendeley.com
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Signinwiththee-mailandpasswordyouselectedwhenyouregistered.
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