This is a model developed and proposed for research collaboration between thesis guides and scholars, as well as for other research purposes. Using free accounts in Mendeley, Grammarly and documents clouds like Google Drive.

1. Mendeley, Document Clouds & Grammarly
for thesis and research writing collaboration
Dr. Shashikiran Umakanth

2. Mendeley
• Mendeley is a desktop application and online program
• Produced by Elsevier for managing and sharing research papers,
discovering research data and collaborating online.

3. Grammarly
• Grammarly is an English language writing-enhancement platform.
• Its proofreading and plagiarism-detection resources check more
than 250 grammar rules.

4. Cloud Storage
• Cloud storage is a model of data storage in which the information
stored in your computer's hard drive is also saved to a remote
database.
• Connected by the Internet, this facilitates real-time data sharing.

5. Word processing
Microsoft Word®
Most popular & user-friendly
Mendeley plugin is available, to insert citations and bibliography

6. WHAT do we need?
An account with each of these services
• Mendeley: free
• Grammarly: free
• Premium services are available only when logged in with your manipal.edu ID
• Username: med.tmaph@manipal.edu
• Password: ********
• Cloud services: free
• Microsoft Word®: almost all computers come with it
https://www.grammarly.com/edu/signup

7. Google Drive

8. WHY do we need these?
• Avoid
• Dozens of confusing emails
• Missing trails of emails
• Duplication of work
• Procrastination
• Collaborate with each other
• Effectively
• In real-time
• Promote transparency
• Real-time monitoring of work-in-progress

9. 1) Cloud Drive: Create a Shared folder
2) Create a Word document and save in the shared folder
3) Check with Grammarly
4) Insert citations with Mendeley
5) Share the references on Mendeley Group
Everyone will now have the grammar-checked,
referenced document

10. 1
Cloud Drive: Create a Shared folder
• Shared Teacher-Student FOLDER
• Invite the other to join
• Student creates new documents IN THE SHARED FOLDER
• Word®: Protocol, consent, information-sheet etc
• Excel®: Data entry
• All further edits must be made in-situ
• Visible to others, editable

11. Create a Word document and save in the shared folder
• New Document
• Save as…
• Locate your shared folder and save inside that
• Type in your text, data, tables etc.
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12. Check grammar with Grammarly.
• Go to Grammarly
• grammarly.com in Windows
• Grammarly app in Mac
• Import your Word file
• Check spelling/ grammar, plagiarism
• Save with the same file-name
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13. Insert citations with Mendeley
• Import your references from PubMed to Mendeley
• Go to Word®
• Insert appropriate citation
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14. Insert citation
• Place your cursor where you want the citation to go in your Word
document.
• In the References tab of Word, click the Insert Citation icon
• Search, select the citation to insert, & click OK
OR
• Click the Go To Mendeley button on the search box to view your complete
library.
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15. Create bibliography
• From the Style dropdown list, choose a bibliographic style.
• Place your cursor exactly where you want the bibliography to appear
• Click Insert Bibliography.
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16. Share references on your Mendeley Group
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20. • Open Google Drive > Create a new folder
• Invite others to join
• Add Shared Folder to “My Drive”
• Sync to computer
• Save Word Document in shared folder
• Word-Grammarly: check grammar, spelling, punctuation, plagiarism
• Word-Mendeley: insert citations and bibliography
• Mendeley group sharing
• Create a new group
• Share references
Live

21. Documents shared via Google Drive
References shared via Mendeley Group
GROUP
Summary of collaboration between Thesis Guide and Candidate
@shashikiranu

22. Thank you