This webinar was presented by Luz Marina Alvare on April 8, 2011.

1. Almost Famous Boost your research profile, collaborate and share using Mendeley IAALD Webinar Luz Marina Alvaré International Food Policy Research Institute April 8, 2011

3. Shares - academic and scientific knowledge with selected colleagues

4. Discovers - academic knowledge and allows detailed search of academic papers

6. Syncs Desktop & Web Desktop – a free academic software to manage, share, read, annotate and cite your research papers Web - a research network to manage your papers online, discover research trends and statistics, and to connect to like-minded researchers

7. Set up and manage your collections Set up and manage your collections Library showing all your documents (citation or table view) Filter your papers by authors, keywords, tags, or publications

9. Add existing EndNote/BibTeX/RIS databases, or…

10. “Watch a folder” to automatically import PDF files…drag & drop PDF files into the library pane… Add tags & notes and edit document details … and Mendeley will try to extract the document details automatically

11. Supported Sites for Importing Documents

12. Synchronize and manage your library online You can also add references and edit & manage your library online Synchronize your library

13. Full text search in Mendeley’s PDF viewer

14. Annotate and highlight

15. Cite & Create bibliographies in Word “Send citation” to Word

16. Creating Groups and Edit Settings

17. Web Profile

18. Discover research statistics

19. Embed your publications/profile on other websites Example: http://www.ifpri.org/staffprofile/maximo-torero

20. Mendeley and operating systems http://www.mendeley.com/download-mendeley-desktop/ Getting Started with Mendeley http://www.mendeley.com/getting-started/

21. Mix,re-mix,embed Create alerts + searches(Google Scholar, Repec,WorldcatScienceDirect…)

22. Mix,re-mix,embed Mix them in your Mendeley account

23. Mix, remix, embed Embed your bio or collection in websites, conferences, intranet. Do it once! IFPRI website IFPRI Intranet Same information repurposed for different sites