This document discusses Mendeley's tools for online collaboration and sharing of research papers, notes, and bibliographies among research groups. It describes how Mendeley allows users to: 1. Join or create private, invite-only, or open research groups to collaborate and share documents. 2. Easily upload and annotate papers in their library and share them with group members for discussion. 3. Communicate with group members through comments and discussions on shared documents.

1. NETWORKING AND E-COLLABORATION:
MENDELEY'S TOOLS
FOR RESEARCH GROUPS
Francesca Concia
20.03.2014 EDUCAFE, METID – Politecnico di Milano

2. THE CLAIM
It’s time to change the way we do research!

3. Collaborate easily with other researchers online.
Connect with colleagues and securely share your
papers, notes and annotations.
Discover papers, people and public groups.
Share bibliographies with your colleagues through a
private group.
THE PROMISE

4. 3 STEPS TO COLLABORATE
Joinorcreateagroup
-public
-private ShareDocuments
-yours
-of others
Communicate
-comment
-start
discussions
-watch
progress

5. There are three types of groups:
Private groups - These private groups are visible only to
members, who can share papers and notes.
Invite-only groups - These groups are visible to the public, but
each has an owner who administers the group.
Open groups - Anyone can join and contribute to these groups.
They’ll be a great way to build community-driven collections of
literature around a subject.
MENDELEY GROPUS

6. Joining a public group is easy and let you
 to read up on new topics,
 to find ongoing research,
 to follow curated bibliographies
 to get involved in discussions,
 to build an online presence,
 to create an academic profile,
 to upload your papers,
 to publicize your research,
 to discover new collaborators.
JOIN A PUBLIC GROUP!

7. CREATE, JOIN OR FOLLOW A GROUP!
Group owners
• Create and set the
group
• Invite and accept
people
Group members
• Share resources with
others
• Get notified when
others share resources
to the group
Group followers
• Browse all shared
resources
• Get notified when
others share resources
to the group
• Anyone can follow

8. INVITE OR ACCEPT AN INVITATION!
The group owner
can invite colleagues,
sending a message
The invited colleague
receives an email
notification

9. Upgrade
- to share and collaborate with up to 50 people
- to create unlimited number of private groups
- to get unlimited group library space
THE TEAM PLAN
Free account has some restrictions about:
- number of papers
- number of members: only 3

10. You can refine your search to full-text PDFs
DISCOVER PAPERS!

11. SAVE THE PAPER TO YOUR LIBRARY!

12. SHARE PAPERS!
Mendeley desktop

13. FIND THE PAPER IN YOUR LIBRARY!

14. ANNOTE THE SHARING PAPER!

15. Group members can:
• see added papers and folders
to the group on their newsfeed
• comment and like to start discussion
• watch projects progress over time
• see when a group member
adds a note, highlight or summary
to a group document
COMMUNICATE!

16. LOOK AT THE MESSAGE BOX

17. PhD Students
Postdoctoral Researchers
Professors/Lecturers
Masters Students
Academic Researchers
Librarians
Commercial R&D Professionals
Undergraduates
Government Researchers
NGO Researchers
Other Professionals
USERS

18. PhD Students
Postdoctoral Researchers
Professors/Lecturers
Masters Students
Academic Researchers
USERS ADVANTAGES - 1
To complete
thesis proposal
To work online
with other
people
To share
documents
To find useful
resources
To find like
minded individuals
To streamline the
collaborative writing
process
To store and
sort papers
To search within
collection
To make references
in texts
To receive suggestions
about articles

19. Librarians
Commercial R&D Professionals
Undergraduates
Government/NGO Researchers
Other Professionals
USERS ADVANTAGES - 2
To create
a profile
To find experts
in every field
To share reading
lists and discover
what others are
reading
To organize
knowledge
To understand
where the
research is
going to
To connect with
an author
To create
an online
presence
To collaborate on
project with
specific topics

20. USER SUPPORT
- Guides
- Videotutorials
- FAQ

21. A MENDELEY BOOK
http://blog.mendeley.com/community-relations/mendeley-advisor-writes-a-book-about-mendeley/

22. COMPARISON
OF REFERENCE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_reference_manag
ement_software
Which one is the best reference management software?
The answer is: It depends, because different people have different needs.
https://www.docear.org/2014/01/15/comprehensive-
comparison-of-reference-managers-mendeley-vs-zotero-vs-
docear/

23. http://www.mendeley.com/mendeley-institutional-edition/
https://www.mendeley.com/upgrade/storage
https://www.mendeley.com/upgrade/team/
UPGRADE
To have more group members
To have a bigger storage
To monitor the research activity in the istitution

24. A quali problemi
effettivamente riscontrati
Mendeley
offre una risposta?