mendeley presentation - mrc laboratory of molecular biology
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MendeleyOrganise, share, discover
Cambridge 27th July 2012
Nathalie Cornée & Guilhem ChalanconMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Just started using Mendeley. How come I was never told about such a great tool?
@litreviewhq I haven't heard of Mendeley but it could be exactly what I'm looking for... Thanks!
@enkerli I *love* Mendeley. It's the best thing that has happened to reference management since EndNote
Just fyi, Mendeley is pretty awesome on searching research: http://t.co/l0VoRGU @AmandaMichelle I love
Mendeley: love the web importer, use it across devices (phone/ipad), and to share readings w/advisors, etc. #phdchat I friggin' LOVE
Mendeley!!
http://amplicate.com/love/mendeley
Agenda
• What is Mendeley?
• Getting Started
• Creating your library
• Managing/organising your documents and references
• Citing References & generating bibliographies
• Annotating PDFs
• Sharing References and collaborating using groups
• Mendeley as a social network for researchers
• Overall advantages of Mendeley
What is Mendeley?
What is Mendeley?
Mendeley is free academic software (Win, Mac & Linux, iPhone, iPad, Android) 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.
Based in London & New York, Mendeley is start-up made of researchers, graduates and software developers from...
...backed by co-founders and former executives of:
...supported by:
What is Mendeley?
Store once – access anywhere
Getting started
Getting started
Sign up and download• 500MB personal storage + 500MB shared storage• www.mendeley.com• Enter your details, follow instructions to download the Desktop
application for your OS
3 things to download:• Mendeley Desktop Application• Mendeley Web Importer• Plugins for Word/LibreOffice Writer
Getting started - The Web side
Mendeley on the web provides :
• A research catalogue of 100M documents from 1M researchers, 80K collaborative groups
• Statistics and paper suggestions based on what's in your library
• A personal profile page
Contacts
Search
Groups
Your publications
Set up and manage your reference groups
Add tags & notes and edit document details
Library showing all your documents (citation or table view)
Filter your papers by authors, keywords, tags, or publications
Getting started - The Desktop side
Check for duplicates
Creating your library
Import papers in your library from anywhere!
http://www.mendeley.com/blog/tipstricks/7-ways-to-add-documents-to-mendeley/
http://www.mendeley.com/blog/tipstricks/7-ways-to-add-documents-to-mendeley/
Import papers in your library from anywhere!
Enter the DOI, PubMed, or ArXiv ID and click on the magnifier glass to start lookup
Missing info is added automatically
Import papers – document detail lookup
Discover papers with Mendeley Suggests
Managing your documents and references
Managing your documents and references
Create folders• Folders allow you to organise and
filter your references (e.g by project)
• Manipulating folders and references is largely a matter of dragging and dropping
• Mark items ‘as read’ or ‘as favourites’
Search your Library• Add your own tags to records to
make them easier to find
Managing your library
Star your favorite papers
Documents can be marked read/unread
Filter by authors, tags, publications or keywords
Open attached PDF files in integrated viewer
Searching as you type
Full text search in Mendeley’s PDF viewer
Mendeley‘s File Organizer
You can find the File Organizer inTools > Options > File Organizer
Managing your documents and references
Remember to Sync!
• When you open Mendeley Desktop it will sync with your library in the cloud
• The desktop software operates in an ‘offline’ mode
• Once Mendeley Desktop is launched, synchronization between desktop and web is not automated
• So… remember to hit the ‘Sync’ button
Synchronize and manage your library online
You can also add references and edit & manage your library online
Citing References
Citing in Word & Libre Office
Click on “Insert Citation” in Word
Highlight the paper(s) you want to cite
Citation will show up based on selected style
Cite into Google documents
or other editors by copy & paste
Generate a bibliography in one click!
Citing in Word & Libre Office
Citing in Word & Libre Office
Annotating PDFs
Annotating PDFs
PDF Viewer• View, annotate and highlight PDF documents
directly (no need for another PDF reader)
• Save and print your annotations• Share the annotations in groups (Copyright!)
Annotate and highlight
Sharing References
Send a reference to your contacts
Manage Groups from Mendeley Desktop
Manage Groups from Mendeley Web
You can also create groups online.
Collaborating via Mendeley Groups
Join interest groups on Mendeley Web• Find out more about researchers in your field• See what colleagues are reading• >48,000 public groups sorted by discipline!
Private and public options• Invite-only (limited number / account)• Open
Mendeley as a social network for researchers
Get readership information on papers
Follow what your peers are reading
Join Group Newsfeed
Build your online presence
Highly ranked in Google searches
View Profile: Research field, Publications, Awards and Grants, Biographical
Information, CV, Contact Information
Link out your activity on social networks
Statistics
Statistics
Statistics
Martin Fenner, PLoS Blogs,Gobbledygook
Overall advantages of Mendeley
Why choose Mendeley?
Free of charge (contrary to Refworks, Endnote, Papers etc.)
Is it better than other free packages (Zotero etc)?
-> Cross platform compatible (Win/Mac/Lin)-> Compatible with Open/Libre Office and MS word-> Social networking and collaboration features-> Already in use by other colleagues
http://dev.mendeley.com/
Have a look to what the community is developing!
Leave feedback and see what’s coming nextVisit
http://feedback.mendeley.comto see what others are saying, leave feedback, request features or report bugs.
www.mendeley.com