1. www.mendeley.com
Tariq Abdulla
Mendeley Advisor
Loughborough University
15 Feb 2012

2. Agenda
 What is Mendeley?
Getting Data In
 Creating your library
 Managing your documents & references
 Inserting citations & generating bibliographies
 Sharing references using groups
Your Profile

3. What is Mendeley?

4. 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.

5. 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

6. Where does the name come from?
Dmitri Mendeleev
Gregor Mendel
Genetics
Periodic Table

7. Getting Data In

8. Getting Data In – Drag and Drop
I use this method 99% of the time

9. Getting Data In – Add Files / Add Folder

10. Getting Data In – Add Entry Manually

11. Document details lookup
Enter the DOI, PubMed, or ArXiv ID and
click on the magnifier glass to start lookup
Missing info is added automatically

12. 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

13. 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.

14. Creating your library

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

16. Managing your documents & references

17. 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

18. Search as you type

19. Full text search in Mendeley’s PDF viewer

20. Annotate and highlight

21. Mendeley‘s File Organizer
You can find the
File Organizer in
Tools > Options >
File Organizer

22. Citing and sharing references

23. Copy and Paste a Reference

24. Citing in Word & Open Office
Click on “Insert Citation” in Word
Highlight the paper(s) you want to
cite

25. 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

26. Share references with Groups

27. 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

28. Create Groups in Mendeley Desktop
Private groups
contain the full
text.
Public groups
share references
only.

29. Create Groups in Mendeley Desktop
You can also
create groups
online.

30. Mendeley Web

31. Create a Research Profile
1 - Click to view your profile
2 – View Profile: Research field, Publications,
Awards and Grants, Biographical Information,
CV, Contact Information

32. 2 – You can search…
1 – Some statistics about your publication

33. Get readership information on papers

34. Leave feedback and see what’s coming next
Visit http://feedback.mendeley.com
to see what others are saying, leave
feedback, request features or report
bugs.

35. Competition!

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