9th ALDinHE Conference: University of Leeds "Learning Development in a digital age: emerging literacies and learning spaces" 2-4 April 2012 Pre-conference workshop. Source: http://www.mendeley.com

1. www.mendeley.com
Anna Seabourne
Academic Skills Adviser, University of Leeds
PhD Student, University of Manchester
ALDinHE Conference
University of Leeds
2 April 2012

2. Agenda
 What is Mendeley?
 Your profile
 Creating your library
 Managing your documents & references
 Inserting citations & generating bibliographies
 Sharing references using groups
Practical session

3. What is Mendeley?

4. Based in London, Mendeley are 30+ researchers, graduates and
software developers from...
Supported by:
...backed by co-
founders and former
executives of:

5. 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.

6. Your profile

7. 1 - Click to view your profile
2 – View Profile: Research field, Publications,
Awards and Grants, Biographical Information,
CV, Contact Information

8. 2 – You can search…
1 – Some statistics about your publication

9. Creating your library

10. 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

11. 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

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

13. 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

14. 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.

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

24. 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

25. 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

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

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

28. Create your professional research profile

29. Search the Mendeley Research Catalog

30. Get readership information on papers

31. 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.

32. Help Spread the Word About Mendeley
Our global network
of advisors help test
new features and
introduce Mendeley
to friends and
colleagues.
Apply to be an Advisor at www.mendeley.com/advisors/

33. www.mendeley.com

34. Useful references
• http://sandbox.vidric.com/mendeley/index.php
• http://www.mendeley.com/groups/1932651/ald