A quick introduction to the basics of Mendeley

1. www.mendeley.com
Taubman Health Sciences Library
www.lib.umich.edu/thl
www.guides.lib.umich.edu/mendeley

2. 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.

3. Your library
Organize your references into groups.

4. Your library
Library with all your documents.
Add tags & notes and edit document details

5. Your library
Filter your papers by authors, keywords, tags, or publications

6. Creating your library
You can add references in many ways:
• Add single files or an entire folder
You can also:
• Add existing EndNote/BibTeX/RIS databases
• Use the Mendeley Web Importer to add from
online databases
• Add from the Mendeley Research Catalog

7. Adding your papers
Best of all, you can drag and drop PDFs into Mendeley
Desktop (it’s magic!) & Mendeley will try to extract
the document details automatically.

8. http://gettingstarted.mendeley.com/im
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9. Filling in the details: lookup
Enter the DOI, PubMed, or ArXiv ID and
click on the magnifier glass to start lookup
Missing info is added automatically

10. Using the Web Importer
On the web page with
the reference(s) you
want to capture: click on
the bookmarklet,
then click on “Import” to import
the reference to your Mendeley
library. If available, the associated
PDF will be imported also.

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

12. Manage your library
Open attached PDF files in integrated viewer

13. PDF viewer

14. Annotate and highlight
your PDFs

15. Manage your library
Documents can be marked
read/unread
Star your favorite papers

16. Search your library- begins as
soon as you type

17. Mendeley‘s File Organizer
You can find the File Organizer
to create subfolders in
Tools > Options

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

19. Citing in Word & Open Office
Citation will appear in the style you selected.
To create a bibliography, just click at the end
of your document!

20. Share references with Mendeley Groups
Groups can be private or public (invite only or open)
Public groups only have the reference details – no
full text. Private groups contain the full text,
including notes & annotations.
View the group online –
other users can request to
join or simply follow the
activity of the group

21. Create your professional research profile

22. Search the Mendeley Research Catalog

23. Get readership information on papers

24. 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.

25. Taubman Health Sciences Library
www.lib.umich.edu/thl
www.guides.lib.umich.edu/mendeley