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“
Mendeley: changing the way we do
research in the Humanities”
Felix B. Oke
Advisor, Mendeley/Anchor University Lagos
+2347030271091
12th July, 2017
bfiliks4xt@gmail.com
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Introduction to Mendeley
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 Mendeley is a reference manager used
to generate citations and bibliographies in
Microsoft Word.
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 It is an academic social network that
helps researchers to organise their
research, share and discover papers and
collaborate with others.
 Mendeley is used by over 6 million
researchers worldwide.
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S/N
Reference
Software
Citation Styles COST
Compatibility Mode
1.
EndNote
6506 styles
$299.95
N/A Linux, Android
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Mendeley
6781 styles
Free/2GB
online Windows, Mac OS, Linux, iOS
storage + storage App, Android App.
space
3.
RefMe
Various
Free
Windows only
4.
RefWorks
Various
$100/year
N/A iOS App, Android App.
5.
SciRef
Various
$38.90/free
version
6.
Zotero
7800 + styles
Free/300MB online Third party , iOS App, Android
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storage + storage App.
space
trial Windows only
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Mendeley is designed to help you to achieve
three main goals:
Organising your references,
Collaborating with others,
Discovering new research.
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It is also used for:
 annotating your PDF files and
organising your reference library.
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Versions of Mendeley
Mendeley is a FREE software which is
available across a number of different
platforms.
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How we can actually use Mendeley
Let’s talk about:
how the product works,
what it looks like and
how you might like to use it.
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 The first thing you’ll need to do is to
create an account via mendeley.com.
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• This is completely free to do and only takes a
few seconds.
• You’ll need a Mendeley account to log into the
different versions of the software.
• Once you’ve created your account you’ll be
prompted to download the appropriate version
of Mendeley Desktop for your current machine.
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 Mendeley Desktop offers
Mendeley experience.
the
complete
 It allows you to build, maintain and order your
personal library.
 It also allows you to access reading and
writing functions.
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• When you first open Mendeley Desktop, you’ll
need to log into your Mendeley account.
• This ensures that any changes you make are
being made to your own account and will be
carried across when you log into different
devices.
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So let’s talk about how Mendeley can
help you to bring organisation to your
references.
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Setting Up A Library
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Adding Documents
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Finding New Research
Mendeley Web Importer
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Mendeley Web Importer
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PDF Viewer
Highlight and Annotate Documents
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A Rainbow of annotations: Coloured highlighting
is here!
 Your results may be black and white,
but your research doesn’t have to be!
 Mendeley now features the ability to
annotate in multiple colours!
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A Rainbow of annotations: Coloured highlighting
is here!
 How many colours?
 Eight different colours!
 Create a rainbow of annotations in your
PDFs and sticky notes.
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Though the bright burst of colour is the one you
will likely notice first, we’ve also made other
changes to your reference manager to make
your annotation experience quicker and more
intuitive.
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Menus will appear at your finger tips as texts or
annotations are selected, and we also
added some organising capabilities to your
Web Library, with the ability to Drag ‘n’ Drop
documents and folders into other folders.
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• The features are live as of now, so if
you’re not yet seeing them, be sure you
restart your application while connected
to the internet, and ensure you have the
latest version of Mendeley (iOS 2.90,
Desktop 1.16, Android 1.8.2)
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Cite
Using the Mendeley Citation Plug-In
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Cite
 Generate In-Text Citations in Word
 Merge Citations
 Insert Your Bibliography
 Find a Citation Style
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Thanks for listening!
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Activity
1. Have you heard about this referencing manager
before?
2. If yes, how often do you use this software?
3. How do you find this workshop helpful/useful to your
research?
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Activity
4. Do you see it necessary to recommend this
referencing manager to your colleague?
5. How would you describe
referencing before now?
your experience in
6. Do you know of any referencing software? Name
them.
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