Bibliographic tools - Mendeley

1. Bibliographic Software Tool:
Mendeley
http://www.mendeley.com
Isaac N. Oteyo,
Project Management,
September 2012 class
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
website: www.jkuat.ac.ke email: isaac.oteyo@students.jkuat.ac.ke

2. http://www.mendeley.com
Introduction to Mendeley [1]
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3. Why use bibliographic software? [2]
 Import from bibliographic databases or the Web
 Store and retrieve records using a sophisticated
retrieval interface
 Works with your word processor to integrate
references directly from your databases into your word
documents
 Choose from citation styles used by universities,
professional institutions and publishers to
produce citations in text and bibliographies at the end of
your work
 Share references with colleagues and publish your own
databases on the Web
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4. Mendeley dashboard
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5. Why choose Mendeley?
 It's is free - basic version
 Mendeley is a good bibliographic database, provides a
desktop version for your PC / Laptop and a web version
 Mendeley synchronises desktop and web
versions. Access your databases away from your own
computer, over the Web
 Mendeley is good with pdfs, automatically extracting
bibliographic information from pdfs on import
 Mendeley can import existing databases from EndNote,
CiteULike, 2collab and Zotero, or any database in RIS
format
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6. What Mendeley provides
 Mendeley provides a plugin to integrate with
Microsoft Word and Open Office
 Mendeley provides the facility for you to
collaborate over the web to create group
bibliographies
 Mendeley provides a space for you to create an
online profile to share research interests and
network
 Mendeley has a database of 73M+ references you
can search and suggests related references for your
search results
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7. Mendeley search
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8. Document view
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9. Bibliography/reference
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10. End! Thank You!
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