Mastering Mendeley

Linda Wobbe, Saint Mary‘s College Library

Seven simple steps

What is Mendeley?

Mendeley • Organizes articles and citations you have

collected into a “Library”• Saves your notes and annotations with each

article• Formats citations and bibliographies when you

write your paper

You need both:

Desktop Version

Web Version

First: Create an Account

• Navigate to Mendeley.com and create a personal account

Download the Desktop Version

Install: Web Importer and Word Plugin

Now you are ready to add articles!• Move pdf’s into Mendeley Desktop from your computer• You can also import citations from other reference managers• If I can do it, you can do it! – Move pdf’s from your computer to Mendeley desktop

http://screencast.com/t/QJ2QzlhG– It’s a Library it must be cataloged! – Check Metadata for each article– http://screencast.com/t/nvhflLFX – http://screencast.com/t/WJmh7Nt47eaF – Sync! – Click Sync in Mendeley Desktop– Now you can view your articles from the web

or iOS versions

Add new articles while searching• Search Library databases and save pdf’s into a “Watch Folder”

on your computer http://screencast.com/t/005gADXGs• From Mendeley desktop, use File > Add Watch Folder to

identify any folder on your computer as a Watch Folder. Mendeley will automatically add pdf’s from your Watch Folder into your Mendeley library• You guessed it – check the metadata for each article• Sync!

Add notes and annotations to your saved articles• http://screencast.com/t/Sz6w5EKDRgh3

• The Notes pane applies to the entire article. I like to record how I found the article• Highlight article points you want

to save• Click “Note” to create annotations

– like sticky notes. You can copy and paste text or create your own comments, or both.• Sync!

Cite while you write and create a bibliography• From Mendeley desktop, Click the Tools menu in the

toolbar, and install the Word plugin if you haven’t already done so

• Open Word; in the View menu in the toolbar, open the Mendeley toolbar

• http://screencast.com/t/r6KFVFYXu• When you are ready to enter citations,

click Insert Citation and search your library by author, keyword, year

• When you are ready to create a bibliography, place your cursor where the bibliography should go and click insert bibliography

• Use the drop-down menu in the Mendeley Word plugin toolbar to change styles at any time

More to learn

• Collaborating in Groups: : http://community.mendeley.com/guides/groups• Mobile Mendeley : http://community.mendeley.com/guides/ios• Mendeley Guides : http://community.mendeley.com/guides• Mendeley Tutorials : http://community.mendeley.com/guides/videos• Mendeley Support : http://support.mendeley.com/

• My favorite 5 minute video tutorial• https://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fyoutube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DGv6_HuCYExM

• Contact Linda with your Mendeley questions!• Lwobbe@stmarys-ca.edu (925) 631-4232

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