Mendeley Reference Manager
Mendeley, is a research management tool that allows you to organize and annotate PDFs, insert bibliographies and citations into your research paper and collaborate in groups. Mendeley offers both desktop and web access, so you'll need to download the software to get started. It is available for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. Mendeley is free with an option to upgrade for more storage space.
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To benefit fully from Mendeley, you'll need to use both the desktop and web applications.
Desktop Basics
The desktop version is great for managing a library of PDFs. Simply drag-&-drop PDFs into the desktop client tool while Mendeley extracts the citation information. Once PDFs are stored in Mendeley, the desktop application enables/supports simple annotation, note taking, highlighting and viewing. The PDF library, including notes, are a searchable library too.
Web Basics
The web application is great for accessing your library from any computer and for downloading citations when searching database. When downloading references from the web, simply use the bookmarklet to import the citation. The web application is also great for networking with other researchers with similar interests or for discovering research articles that others have imported.
Desktop Basics
The desktop version is great for managing a library of PDFs. Simply drag-&-drop PDFs into the desktop client tool while Mendeley extracts the citation information. Once PDFs are stored in Mendeley, the desktop application enables/supports simple annotation, note taking, highlighting and viewing. The PDF library, including notes, are a searchable library too.
Web Basics
The web application is great for accessing your library from any computer and for downloading citations when searching database. When downloading references from the web, simply use the bookmarklet to import the citation. The web application is also great for networking with other researchers with similar interests or for discovering research articles that others have imported.
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Mendeley allows you to format your citations in over 1,000 different styles. You will need to download and and install Mendeley's Word plugin from the Mendeley client. Simply go to "Tools" and select "Install MS Word Plugin"
You can add references to a Word document a couple different ways.
1. Once the Word plugin is installed, you will see an option for Mendeley in the Word menu bar. From here you can write your paper and insert citations in the reference style of your choice. Once you're ready, you can insert the bibliography. At any point, you can add, edit, or delete content on your paper and Mendeley will make the appropriate changes with the corresponding in-text citations and bibliography. You can also change the citation style at any point during the writing process.
Mac plugin
Word plugin
2. From the Mendeley client you can quickly select citations from your library, right click, and select "Copy Citation" which allows you paste them into Word.
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You can add references to a Word document a couple different ways.
1. Once the Word plugin is installed, you will see an option for Mendeley in the Word menu bar. From here you can write your paper and insert citations in the reference style of your choice. Once you're ready, you can insert the bibliography. At any point, you can add, edit, or delete content on your paper and Mendeley will make the appropriate changes with the corresponding in-text citations and bibliography. You can also change the citation style at any point during the writing process.
Mac plugin
Word plugin
2. From the Mendeley client you can quickly select citations from your library, right click, and select "Copy Citation" which allows you paste them into Word.
With Mendeley, you can tag, annotate, highlight, and add sticky notes onto each PDF document.
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You can export a PDF from Mendeley with the annotations, notes, and highlighting all saved. This is a great feature allowing you to read your marked-up PDF on your mobile device, computer or in print.
You can export a PDF from Mendeley with the annotations, notes, and highlighting all saved. This is a great feature allowing you to read your marked-up PDF on your mobile device, computer or in print.
Mendeley has a fabulous FAQ page that provides answers to general questions, data imports, data uploading and sharing, and troubleshooting.
Apple Apps
Android Apps
Android Apps
Mendeley has created a series of very short and helpful tutorials on many useful features including:
Importing Documents see full size
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Organizing Your Library see full size
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Importing Documents see full size
Generating Citations see full size
Organizing Your Library see full size
Mendeley Public/Private Groups see full size
Creating Your Profile see full size
Search Your Papers see full size
Collaborating
In Mendeley, you can create a private group and/or join a public group. Both allow you to easily communicate and collaborate with your community.
Within a group, you can:
Networking
In Mendeley, you can create a private group and/or join a public group. Both allow you to easily communicate and collaborate with your community.
Within a group, you can:
- Share PDF annotations, highlights and notes.
- View all edits, comments, uploads and changes over time.
- Share a document or folder
Networking
- Create a profile to share and discover research interests with others
- Search for information on Mendely in a variety of ways and add full-text PDFs to your library
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