Presentation on using Mendeley presented to GREPIT at the University of Georgia on October 21, 2011.

1. www.mendeley.com
Tonia Dousay
[Mendeley Advisor]
GREPIT
University of Georgia
October 21, 2011

2. Agenda
1. What is Mendeley?
2. Creating your library
3. Managing your documents &
references
4. Inserting citations & generating
bibliographies

3. Mendeley?
is
What

4. 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.

5. library
your
Creating

6. Mendeley Desktop
Setup and Library; displays all Details or notes
manage of the articles about individual
collections within a collection articles
Filter displayed articles
by author, keywords,
tags, or publication

7. Adding Articles
1. Add single files
2. Add a folder
3. Watch a Folder to auto import files
4. Add article details manually
5. Drag & drop articles into MD Mendeley will attempt to
extract document details
automatically
Other options:
1. Add EndNote/BibTeX/RIS databases
2. Sync with other ref mgmt apps (Zotero)
3. Use the Mendeley Web Importer button
4. Add from the Mendeley Research Catalog

8. Looking up Article Details by ID
Missing details are
automatically
populated
Enter the DOI, PubMed, or
ArXiv ID and click on the
magnifier glass to start
lookup

9. Looking up Article Details by Title
Missing details are
automatically
populated
Enter the article title and
click “Search by Title” to
start lookup

10. Tips for Looking Up Articles
•Mark an •Double
article as check all
“Needs details for
Review” to accuracy
force the
process

11. Managing Your Library
Open attached PDF
files in the integrated
viewer
Mark documents as
read or unread
Star your favorite
articles

12. Mendeley’s PDF Viewer
Search for words
or phrases
Highlight
text
Annotate

13. Organizing Files
Check to select how
and where files are Access by going to
organized Tools >> Options >>
File Organizer

14. references
sharing
Citing &

15. Selecting Citation Style
Access by going to View
>> Citation Style >>
[Select Style]

16. Inserting a Citation
Insert cursor at citation
point >> Press Alt-M >>
begin typing author’s
name or article title

17. Using the MS Word Ribbon
Click on the References
tab
Insert a complete
bibliography of citations
within a document
Insert a citation

18. Tips for Looking Up Articles
• Click “Go • You can • You can
To cite edit an
Mendeley” multiple inserted
if you articles per citation to
need help insertion match
locating your
the quotation
article(s) style

19. Mendeley Demo

20. Finding Help
• Email Tonia
– teedee@uga.edu
• Mendeley Feedback Forum
– http://feedback.mendeley.com/forums/4
941-mendeley-feedback

21. www.mendeley.com