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Introduction to Mendeley

Desktop Web

Mobile

Free Academic Software

Cross-Platform (Win/Mac/Linux/Mobile)

All Major Browsers

What is Mendeley?

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How does Mendeley Help?

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Getting started

Mendeley Desktop

Mendeley Web

OrganizeSetting Up A Library

References and Documents

Adding Material

Select a file or folder to

add from your computer

Watch a folder

Add reference by

manually entering

details

Import from another reference

manager, or BibTeX

Finding New Research

Mendeley Web Importer Mendeley Research Catalog

Sync

OrganizeManaging Your Library

Manage Your Library

Use columnheadingsto order your references

Mark entriesread or unread

Entries with attached PDFscan be openedwith the PDFReader

Star items tomark them asfavorites

All items inyour personallibrary

Items added in the last twoweeks

Access yourrecently readitems

All items you’vestarred in yourlibrary

Items in needof review

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Create and Use Folders

References not added to a folder will appear in ‘unsorted’

Your folders will be listed below.Drag and drop to re-order them.

Use ‘Create Folder’ to enter anew folder name.

Search Your Documents

Enter your search termin the search field

The main view will befiltered accordingly

Click on a specific folderto search within it

Use the clear button toremove the search filter

Mendeley’s search toolwill look at reference metadata, but will also search within the full textof PDF papers.

Search Your DocumentsAdd tags to papers in your library which share a commontheme

Use the Filter Menu to filteryour library view to only includetagged items

You can also filter by Author,Author Keywords andPublication

Checking for duplicates

CiteUsing the Mendeley Citation Plug-In

Install the Citation Plug-in

Generate In-Text Citations in Word

Merging Citations

Inserting Your Bibliography

Finding a Citation Style

Collaborate

Join and Create Groups

to Share References

Discover

New Research, Recommendations, and Impact

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Resources

https://www.mendeley.com/guides/