This document provides an overview of a crash course on Microsoft Word and Mendeley held at Kolej Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Selangor on 8 January 2018. The course covered basic introductions and functions in MS Word like page layout, breaks, mail merge and references. It also covered setting up a Mendeley library, organizing and searching references, citing and collaboration features. Resources and support contacts were provided at the end. The instructor's background and areas of expertise were introduced upfront. Sample assignments were provided to demonstrate features of Word and Mendeley.
This document provides an introduction to Mendeley, a reference management and academic social networking tool. It discusses how Mendeley can help organize references and documents, generate citations and bibliographies, and facilitate collaboration. The presentation guides attendees through setting up a Mendeley library, searching for new research, highlighting and annotating PDFs, installing the citation plugin for Microsoft Word, creating and joining groups, and accessing statistics and recommendations. Support resources from the Mendeley community and guides are also provided.
The document provides an introduction to using Microsoft Word 2016 and Mendeley for academic work. It discusses features of Word such as page layout, breaks, mail merge, shortcuts and references/citations. It then covers Mendeley, including its history, desktop and web interfaces, organizing references, searching, syncing, the PDF viewer, collaboration tools, and discovering new research. The presentation aims to provide basic knowledge of using Word and Mendeley to streamline the process of making papers, editing, and writing theses.
1. Mendeley is a reference manager that allows users to organize bibliographic references and easily insert citations and generate bibliographies in documents. It has both a desktop and web version.
2. The desktop version allows automatic importing of references from databases and PDFs. It integrates with Microsoft Word to insert citations and bibliographies. References can be organized into folders.
3. In Word, citations are inserted using the Mendeley plugin. The bibliography style can be changed and citations edited. Documents can be finalized by removing Mendeley fields.
Mendeley is a free reference manager and academic social network that allows users to organize their research, collaborate with others, and discover new research. It helps improve researcher productivity by making it easy to build a personal library of papers, cite as you write, and share papers and notes with other researchers. Mendeley has over 3 million users and forms a crowdsourced database of research papers that can be searched.
The document is an agenda for a workshop on Mendeley, an academic software used to manage research papers. The agenda outlines what will be covered, including an introduction to Mendeley and how to use its features like creating a library of papers, inserting citations, and sharing references with groups. The workshop will demonstrate how to perform tasks like adding documents, citing sources, and creating a professional research profile on Mendeley.
The document provides a 7-step guide to mastering the reference management software Mendeley. The steps are: 1) Create an account on Mendeley.com. 2) Download the desktop and web versions. 3) Add articles to your Mendeley library by moving PDFs into the desktop version or importing from other reference managers. 4) Check and edit the metadata for each article. 5) Add notes and annotations to articles. 6) Cite sources and generate bibliographies in Word documents using the Mendeley plug-in. 7) Learn more about features like collaboration and the mobile app. The goal is to organize research papers and citations, and easily cite sources and create bibliographies in papers.
Salma Patel gave a workshop on organizing references using Mendeley. Mendeley is free academic software that allows users to manage, share, read, annotate and cite research papers. It also functions as a research network, allowing users to manage papers online, discover research trends, and connect with other researchers. The workshop covered creating a Mendeley library, adding papers from various sources, managing references, citing in documents, sharing references through groups, and using the Mendeley web and mobile apps.
Mendeley is a free reference manager and academic social network that can be used to organize research papers and citations, collaborate with other researchers, and discover new papers. It allows users to organize PDFs and documents, collaborate with other researchers through private and public groups, install citation plugins for Microsoft Word and LibreOffice, and get paper recommendations. Mendeley integrates with Google Scholar, PubMed, ScienceDirect and other databases to make it easy to add papers to your library.
This document provides an introduction to Mendeley, a reference management and academic social networking tool. It discusses how Mendeley can help organize references and documents, generate citations and bibliographies, and facilitate collaboration. The presentation guides attendees through setting up a Mendeley library, searching for new research, highlighting and annotating PDFs, installing the citation plugin for Microsoft Word, creating and joining groups, and accessing statistics and recommendations. Support resources from the Mendeley community and guides are also provided.
The document provides an introduction to using Microsoft Word 2016 and Mendeley for academic work. It discusses features of Word such as page layout, breaks, mail merge, shortcuts and references/citations. It then covers Mendeley, including its history, desktop and web interfaces, organizing references, searching, syncing, the PDF viewer, collaboration tools, and discovering new research. The presentation aims to provide basic knowledge of using Word and Mendeley to streamline the process of making papers, editing, and writing theses.
1. Mendeley is a reference manager that allows users to organize bibliographic references and easily insert citations and generate bibliographies in documents. It has both a desktop and web version.
2. The desktop version allows automatic importing of references from databases and PDFs. It integrates with Microsoft Word to insert citations and bibliographies. References can be organized into folders.
3. In Word, citations are inserted using the Mendeley plugin. The bibliography style can be changed and citations edited. Documents can be finalized by removing Mendeley fields.
Mendeley is a free reference manager and academic social network that allows users to organize their research, collaborate with others, and discover new research. It helps improve researcher productivity by making it easy to build a personal library of papers, cite as you write, and share papers and notes with other researchers. Mendeley has over 3 million users and forms a crowdsourced database of research papers that can be searched.
The document is an agenda for a workshop on Mendeley, an academic software used to manage research papers. The agenda outlines what will be covered, including an introduction to Mendeley and how to use its features like creating a library of papers, inserting citations, and sharing references with groups. The workshop will demonstrate how to perform tasks like adding documents, citing sources, and creating a professional research profile on Mendeley.
The document provides a 7-step guide to mastering the reference management software Mendeley. The steps are: 1) Create an account on Mendeley.com. 2) Download the desktop and web versions. 3) Add articles to your Mendeley library by moving PDFs into the desktop version or importing from other reference managers. 4) Check and edit the metadata for each article. 5) Add notes and annotations to articles. 6) Cite sources and generate bibliographies in Word documents using the Mendeley plug-in. 7) Learn more about features like collaboration and the mobile app. The goal is to organize research papers and citations, and easily cite sources and create bibliographies in papers.
Salma Patel gave a workshop on organizing references using Mendeley. Mendeley is free academic software that allows users to manage, share, read, annotate and cite research papers. It also functions as a research network, allowing users to manage papers online, discover research trends, and connect with other researchers. The workshop covered creating a Mendeley library, adding papers from various sources, managing references, citing in documents, sharing references through groups, and using the Mendeley web and mobile apps.
Mendeley is a free reference manager and academic social network that can be used to organize research papers and citations, collaborate with other researchers, and discover new papers. It allows users to organize PDFs and documents, collaborate with other researchers through private and public groups, install citation plugins for Microsoft Word and LibreOffice, and get paper recommendations. Mendeley integrates with Google Scholar, PubMed, ScienceDirect and other databases to make it easy to add papers to your library.
Mendeley is a free reference management and academic social networking tool. It allows users to organize references and PDFs, take notes, and share papers. Mendeley extracts metadata from imported articles and PDFs. It can insert citations into Word documents and automatically generate bibliographies. Mendeley also allows users to discover research trends, see statistics about their own publications, and follow other researchers.
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Source: http://www.mendeley.com
Mendeley merupakan satu perisian Mengurus Rujukan yang semakin mendapat perhatian masa kini. Ia boleh dimuat turun secara percuma dan boleh beroperasi sebagai perisian Desktop dan Web secara serentak. Sebagaimana Reference Manager yang lain, Mendeley adalah perisian bibliografi yang membolehkan pengurusan dan penyimpanan data-data rujukan di dalam pangkalan data yang dibangunkan sendiri. Perisian ini membenarkan menyimpan Petikan (Citation) dan rujukan mengikut gaya petikan yang dikehendaki dan dapat mengelak penaipan berulang dalam proses penulisan penyelidikan atau tugasan anda. Mendeley membantu mengurus dan menghasilkan senarai rujukan bibliografi dan petikan dalam rujukan(in-text citation) mengikut format dan standard yang dikehendaki di dalam “Microsoft Word” secara automatik.
Mendeley juga berfungsi sebagai perisian untuk jaringan sosial akademik yang membolehkan penyelidik berkongsi sumber rujukan atau berkolaborasi secara dalam talian.
This document provides guidance on referencing sources in academic work using the Harvard style. It explains that references are needed to acknowledge sources, avoid plagiarism, and allow readers to locate materials. Citations are used within a text to indicate sources, while references provide full details at the end. The document demonstrates how to create references using the library search tool and check them for accuracy with Cite Them Right Online, covering books, journal articles, and webpages. It emphasizes being consistent and seeking help from librarians.
This document summarizes a webinar presentation about Mendeley reference management software. It introduces Mendeley's key features for organizing references, collaborating with other researchers, and discovering new research. The presentation covers organizing documents and references, managing a library, generating citations, creating private and public groups for sharing references, searching for new research, and getting usage statistics. It encourages participants to provide feedback and get involved in the Mendeley community.
EasyBib makes research easier by allowing users to generate citations and bibliographies in MLA, APA, and Chicago styles. It offers note taking features like virtual note cards and Cornell note templates. Users can register for a premium account to access more features from any device. The tool supports auto-generating citations for sources like books and websites by entering search terms. It also allows manual citation entry and importing citations from databases. Users can create outlines and associate notes with sources. Bibliographies can be shared or exported to word processing programs.
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The document discusses various tools for managing references and citations, including EndNote, EndNote Web, Zotero, Mendeley, and RefWorks. It provides an overview of the key features of each tool, such as the ability to store citations from different sources, organize them into libraries or folders, and generate bibliographies in different styles. The document also discusses tools for taking notes, mind mapping, and staying up to date with alerts and RSS feeds to help researchers manage information. Virginia Tech librarians are available for assistance and training on these bibliographic management and research tools.
This document provides guidance on referencing sources in academic work. It explains why references are important, such as avoiding plagiarism and demonstrating that research was conducted. It describes the differences between citations in the text and references at the end. The document focuses on APA referencing style and provides examples of how to reference various sources like books, journal articles, and webpages. It emphasizes using the citation management tool Cite Them Right Online to ensure references are formatted correctly.
The document provides instructions for using various features of EasyBib, including how to create citations and bibliographies in different styles, take notes digitally, and share work. Key features include automatic citation generation from sources, virtual note cards, outlining, and exporting citations and notes.
The document provides instructions for using Google Drive, including how to create, share, and organize files and folders. Some key points covered are:
- Google Drive accepts many common file formats for documents, spreadsheets and presentations and has similar features to Microsoft Office.
- Files can be saved, uploaded from a computer, or shared with other users for viewing or editing access.
- Folders can be created and used to organize files. Files can be moved between folders.
- Forms can also be created, named, and have questions added in Google Drive.
The document provides instructions for exploring and contributing to Wikibooks, an open-source online library of free books. It outlines the steps to create an account, including requirements for usernames, and how to get started editing or creating books on the Wikibooks platform. Examples are given of markup that can be used within books to add sections, TODO lists, completion status, categories, and multimedia content like videos.
1. The document provides an overview of the key features and functions in Microsoft Word 2007, including how to get started, work with documents, customize Word environments, edit documents, format text and paragraphs, add tables and lists, insert references and citations, track changes, and create web pages.
2. The main components of the Word 2007 interface are the Microsoft Office Button, Quick Access Toolbar, and Ribbon. The Ribbon contains tabs for common tasks like Home, Insert, Page Layout, and Review.
3. Key functions covered include creating and opening documents, saving options, document views, proofing tools, display and save customizations, and using styles and templates.
This document discusses the importance of properly citing sources when writing papers. It states that any use of outside information, such as direct quotes, paraphrases, or summaries, must be cited both in the text and in a works cited page to avoid plagiarism. Failing to cite sources could result in a zero on the assignment and possible expulsion from school. The document provides several website links to help students properly cite sources using MLA format and create a works cited page. It emphasizes that not knowing how to cite is not an acceptable excuse, and that students should use online resources to learn how to cite sources responsibly.
Mendeley is a free reference management and academic social networking program. It allows users to organize PDF documents and citations, share references with other Mendeley users, and insert citations and bibliographies into Microsoft Word documents. Mendeley Desktop can be installed on multiple computers and synchronized with the user's Mendeley Web account. While less full-featured than Endnote or Reference Manager, Mendeley provides basic reference management and social networking capabilities for academic users.
Mendeley is a free reference management and academic social networking program. It allows users to organize PDF documents and citations, share references with other Mendeley users, and insert citations and bibliographies into Microsoft Word documents. Mendeley Desktop can be installed on multiple computers and synchronized with the user's Mendeley Web account to access references from any computer. While less full-featured than Endnote or Reference Manager, Mendeley provides basic reference management and social networking capabilities for academic users.
This document provides an overview of Mendeley, a free reference manager and academic social network. It discusses how Mendeley can be used to organize references, collaborate with other researchers, import citations from various sources, and read papers on mobile devices. It also covers citing references in papers, changing citation styles, searching the library of references, and sharing documents with other researchers through groups.
Mendeley is a free reference manager and academic social network that allows users to organize research papers, citations, and notes. It has over 3 million users and forms a crowdsourced database for research trends. Mendeley can be used to manage and share references, read papers and annotate them, search for related research, and connect with other researchers through public and private groups. It integrates with Microsoft Word to easily generate citations and bibliographies in papers.
Mendeley is free academic software that helps users organize, collaborate, and discover research. It allows users to create a personal library by adding documents and references from their computer or online sources. Users can collaborate with others by creating and joining private and public groups. Mendeley also provides tools to cite references and discover new research recommendations.
Mendeley is a free reference manager and academic social network that allows users to (1) organize and manage research papers, (2) annotate and share papers with colleagues, and (3) discover papers and connect with researchers. It has desktop and mobile apps to access your paper library anywhere. Mendeley helps improve research productivity through features like in-line citation and bibliography building in Word. Its large user base also enables collaboration and crowdsourced insights.
Mendeley is free academic software that allows users to manage and share research papers, discover research trends, and connect with other researchers. It can be used to add papers to a personal library, extract metadata, annotate documents, generate citations and bibliographies, and create private or public groups for sharing references. Mendeley also provides a research profile, catalog, and API to further aid researchers in managing and discovering academic information.
Mendeley is a free reference management and academic social networking tool. It allows users to organize references and PDFs, take notes, and share papers. Mendeley extracts metadata from imported articles and PDFs. It can insert citations into Word documents and automatically generate bibliographies. Mendeley also allows users to discover research trends, see statistics about their own publications, and follow other researchers.
9th ALDinHE Conference: University of Leeds
"Learning Development in a digital age: emerging literacies and learning spaces"
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Pre-conference workshop.
Source: http://www.mendeley.com
Mendeley merupakan satu perisian Mengurus Rujukan yang semakin mendapat perhatian masa kini. Ia boleh dimuat turun secara percuma dan boleh beroperasi sebagai perisian Desktop dan Web secara serentak. Sebagaimana Reference Manager yang lain, Mendeley adalah perisian bibliografi yang membolehkan pengurusan dan penyimpanan data-data rujukan di dalam pangkalan data yang dibangunkan sendiri. Perisian ini membenarkan menyimpan Petikan (Citation) dan rujukan mengikut gaya petikan yang dikehendaki dan dapat mengelak penaipan berulang dalam proses penulisan penyelidikan atau tugasan anda. Mendeley membantu mengurus dan menghasilkan senarai rujukan bibliografi dan petikan dalam rujukan(in-text citation) mengikut format dan standard yang dikehendaki di dalam “Microsoft Word” secara automatik.
Mendeley juga berfungsi sebagai perisian untuk jaringan sosial akademik yang membolehkan penyelidik berkongsi sumber rujukan atau berkolaborasi secara dalam talian.
This document provides guidance on referencing sources in academic work using the Harvard style. It explains that references are needed to acknowledge sources, avoid plagiarism, and allow readers to locate materials. Citations are used within a text to indicate sources, while references provide full details at the end. The document demonstrates how to create references using the library search tool and check them for accuracy with Cite Them Right Online, covering books, journal articles, and webpages. It emphasizes being consistent and seeking help from librarians.
This document summarizes a webinar presentation about Mendeley reference management software. It introduces Mendeley's key features for organizing references, collaborating with other researchers, and discovering new research. The presentation covers organizing documents and references, managing a library, generating citations, creating private and public groups for sharing references, searching for new research, and getting usage statistics. It encourages participants to provide feedback and get involved in the Mendeley community.
EasyBib makes research easier by allowing users to generate citations and bibliographies in MLA, APA, and Chicago styles. It offers note taking features like virtual note cards and Cornell note templates. Users can register for a premium account to access more features from any device. The tool supports auto-generating citations for sources like books and websites by entering search terms. It also allows manual citation entry and importing citations from databases. Users can create outlines and associate notes with sources. Bibliographies can be shared or exported to word processing programs.
Mendeley Teaching Presentation during Computer Application in Economics Courses at Economics and Development Studies, Faculty of Economics and Business, Padjadjaran University (IESP FEB UNPAD).
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The document discusses various tools for managing references and citations, including EndNote, EndNote Web, Zotero, Mendeley, and RefWorks. It provides an overview of the key features of each tool, such as the ability to store citations from different sources, organize them into libraries or folders, and generate bibliographies in different styles. The document also discusses tools for taking notes, mind mapping, and staying up to date with alerts and RSS feeds to help researchers manage information. Virginia Tech librarians are available for assistance and training on these bibliographic management and research tools.
This document provides guidance on referencing sources in academic work. It explains why references are important, such as avoiding plagiarism and demonstrating that research was conducted. It describes the differences between citations in the text and references at the end. The document focuses on APA referencing style and provides examples of how to reference various sources like books, journal articles, and webpages. It emphasizes using the citation management tool Cite Them Right Online to ensure references are formatted correctly.
The document provides instructions for using various features of EasyBib, including how to create citations and bibliographies in different styles, take notes digitally, and share work. Key features include automatic citation generation from sources, virtual note cards, outlining, and exporting citations and notes.
The document provides instructions for using Google Drive, including how to create, share, and organize files and folders. Some key points covered are:
- Google Drive accepts many common file formats for documents, spreadsheets and presentations and has similar features to Microsoft Office.
- Files can be saved, uploaded from a computer, or shared with other users for viewing or editing access.
- Folders can be created and used to organize files. Files can be moved between folders.
- Forms can also be created, named, and have questions added in Google Drive.
The document provides instructions for exploring and contributing to Wikibooks, an open-source online library of free books. It outlines the steps to create an account, including requirements for usernames, and how to get started editing or creating books on the Wikibooks platform. Examples are given of markup that can be used within books to add sections, TODO lists, completion status, categories, and multimedia content like videos.
1. The document provides an overview of the key features and functions in Microsoft Word 2007, including how to get started, work with documents, customize Word environments, edit documents, format text and paragraphs, add tables and lists, insert references and citations, track changes, and create web pages.
2. The main components of the Word 2007 interface are the Microsoft Office Button, Quick Access Toolbar, and Ribbon. The Ribbon contains tabs for common tasks like Home, Insert, Page Layout, and Review.
3. Key functions covered include creating and opening documents, saving options, document views, proofing tools, display and save customizations, and using styles and templates.
This document discusses the importance of properly citing sources when writing papers. It states that any use of outside information, such as direct quotes, paraphrases, or summaries, must be cited both in the text and in a works cited page to avoid plagiarism. Failing to cite sources could result in a zero on the assignment and possible expulsion from school. The document provides several website links to help students properly cite sources using MLA format and create a works cited page. It emphasizes that not knowing how to cite is not an acceptable excuse, and that students should use online resources to learn how to cite sources responsibly.
Mendeley is a free reference management and academic social networking program. It allows users to organize PDF documents and citations, share references with other Mendeley users, and insert citations and bibliographies into Microsoft Word documents. Mendeley Desktop can be installed on multiple computers and synchronized with the user's Mendeley Web account. While less full-featured than Endnote or Reference Manager, Mendeley provides basic reference management and social networking capabilities for academic users.
Mendeley is a free reference management and academic social networking program. It allows users to organize PDF documents and citations, share references with other Mendeley users, and insert citations and bibliographies into Microsoft Word documents. Mendeley Desktop can be installed on multiple computers and synchronized with the user's Mendeley Web account to access references from any computer. While less full-featured than Endnote or Reference Manager, Mendeley provides basic reference management and social networking capabilities for academic users.
This document provides an overview of Mendeley, a free reference manager and academic social network. It discusses how Mendeley can be used to organize references, collaborate with other researchers, import citations from various sources, and read papers on mobile devices. It also covers citing references in papers, changing citation styles, searching the library of references, and sharing documents with other researchers through groups.
Mendeley is a free reference manager and academic social network that allows users to organize research papers, citations, and notes. It has over 3 million users and forms a crowdsourced database for research trends. Mendeley can be used to manage and share references, read papers and annotate them, search for related research, and connect with other researchers through public and private groups. It integrates with Microsoft Word to easily generate citations and bibliographies in papers.
Mendeley is free academic software that helps users organize, collaborate, and discover research. It allows users to create a personal library by adding documents and references from their computer or online sources. Users can collaborate with others by creating and joining private and public groups. Mendeley also provides tools to cite references and discover new research recommendations.
Mendeley is a free reference manager and academic social network that allows users to (1) organize and manage research papers, (2) annotate and share papers with colleagues, and (3) discover papers and connect with researchers. It has desktop and mobile apps to access your paper library anywhere. Mendeley helps improve research productivity through features like in-line citation and bibliography building in Word. Its large user base also enables collaboration and crowdsourced insights.
Mendeley is free academic software that allows users to manage and share research papers, discover research trends, and connect with other researchers. It can be used to add papers to a personal library, extract metadata, annotate documents, generate citations and bibliographies, and create private or public groups for sharing references. Mendeley also provides a research profile, catalog, and API to further aid researchers in managing and discovering academic information.
Mendeley is free academic software that allows users to manage and share research papers, discover research trends, and connect with other researchers. It can import papers from online databases or by watching a folder on your computer. Users can add papers to their Mendeley library, add tags and notes, and synchronize their library online. Mendeley allows users to cite papers in Word and OpenOffice documents, share references with other researchers through private or public groups, and build their professional research profile on the Mendeley network.
1. Mendeley is free academic software and online research network that allows users to manage, share, read, annotate and cite research papers.
2. It can be used to create a personal profile and library of research papers by adding papers manually or importing from online databases. References can be organized into groups that are either private or public.
3. Papers and references can be cited into documents using plugins for Microsoft Word and OpenOffice, and bibliographies can be automatically generated. Groups allow for sharing and collaboration on research papers and references.
Mendeley is free academic software that helps users organize research papers, citations, and bibliographies. It includes Mendeley Desktop, Web, and Mobile apps. Mendeley allows users to create a library by adding papers manually or importing from online databases. Papers can be organized into folders and tagged. References can be cited in Word documents using Mendeley's citation plug-in. Users can also collaborate in private and public groups to share papers. Mendeley provides recommendations of related papers and funding opportunities to help discover new research.
Mendeley is a free reference manager and academic social network that can help researchers organize their papers, citations, and bibliographies. It provides a private library to organize papers and notes, and also has public features that allow users to search over 100 million papers and collaborate with other researchers. Mendeley extracts metadata from papers on upload to populate the library. It integrates with Word and OpenOffice to allow easy citation and bibliography creation. Mendeley is supported by developers from major tech companies and is a useful alternative to expensive reference managers.
This document provides an overview of the Mendeley reference management tool. It discusses what Mendeley is, its key features for organizing references, PDFs, generating citations and bibliographies, and collaborating with other researchers. The summary also reviews how to set up a Mendeley library, add documents, search for related research, and get statistics on papers. Mendeley allows researchers to manage their research process from paper collection to writing.
This document provides an overview of Mendeley, a free reference management software. It discusses how Mendeley allows users to organize and manage PDFs and references, generate citations and bibliographies, and share references with other researchers. Key features covered include adding documents to a digital library, searching for related research, getting statistics on paper usage, and collaborating with other Mendeley users through private and public groups. The goal of the document is to introduce researchers to Mendeley and how it can help save time when preparing articles, papers, and other written works.
Mendeley is a free reference manager and academic social network that allows users to organize research papers, collaborate with other researchers, and automatically generate citations and bibliographies. It can import papers from online databases and PDF files on a user's computer. Mendeley also allows users to annotate and share papers with other researchers through private and public groups. The Taubman Health Sciences Library provides guides to help University of Michigan users set up and use Mendeley.
Mendeley is free academic software that helps researchers organize, share, and discover research papers. It allows users to create a personal library of papers, insert citations into documents, and generate bibliographies. Papers and references can be shared with other researchers through private or public groups on the Mendeley network.
This document provides an overview of the key features and functions of Mendeley, a reference management and academic social networking platform. It summarizes that Mendeley allows users to create a personal profile and library, search and organize references, import documents from various sources, share full-text documents and annotations in private groups, and cite references and generate bibliographies in Microsoft Word. The document also highlights ways to get support or provide feedback to Mendeley.
Mendeley is a free reference manager and social network that allows users to drag and drop papers, search and add references, watch folders for new PDF imports, highlight text and add notes to papers, organize references into folders, and instantly generate citations and bibliographies in Word documents. It supports over 2,800 citation styles and can be installed on an unlimited number of computers for free, working on Windows, Mac, and Linux as well as through iPhone and iPad apps. Mendeley allows for private and public groups, importing from EndNote, and retrieving references from databases. While it was announced that Mendeley would be acquired by Elsevier, Mendeley has assured that it will always have a free option.
Mendeley is academic software that helps researchers organize, share, and discover research papers. It allows them to create a personal library of papers, collaborate with other researchers, get recommendations for new papers, and cite sources in documents. Mendeley provides tools to manage papers, annotate PDFs, search full text, and insert citations in Word and other editors.
This document provides an overview and instructions for using the bibliographic management software EndNote. It discusses the main functions of EndNote including maintaining references, generating bibliographies, downloading references from databases, and linking references to word documents. Step-by-step instructions are given for starting an EndNote library, choosing an output style, manually adding references, importing references from databases like ScienceDirect and ProQuest, attaching PDFs, organizing references into groups, and inserting citations into a word document while writing. The document aims to help users understand and utilize the key features of EndNote.
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This document provides an overview of Mendeley, an academic reference manager and social network. It describes Mendeley's key features such as cataloging and managing references, sharing knowledge with colleagues, discovering academic papers, and connecting with other researchers. Details are given about Mendeley's free and paid plans, automatic citation extraction, reference sharing capabilities, support for mobile devices and citation styles, and integration with other reference managers. The document also outlines how to set up and manage libraries and collections, synchronize libraries online, search PDFs, annotate documents, cite references in Word, create groups, and embed profiles and publications on websites.
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Bengkel ini memperkenalkan beberapa perisian Google seperti Google Form, Padlet dan Facebook untuk digunakan dalam pengajaran dan penyelidikan. Ia menjelaskan ciri-ciri dan cara penggunaan setiap perisian termasuk langkah-langkah praktikal. Bengkel ini memberi panduan dan tips penggunaan perisian-perisian tersebut dalam konteks pendidikan.
This document discusses LibreOffice and Mendeley, two open source tools that can be useful for students in higher education. It provides an overview of LibreOffice, including its history and components. Mendeley is introduced as a reference manager and PDF organizer that can be used to organize references, annotate and share PDFs. The document demonstrates how LibreOffice and Mendeley can be used together to write papers, with Mendeley used to manage references and LibreOffice's citation plugin used to insert citations and bibliographies. The presenter discusses their experience using these tools for conference papers.
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A workshop hosted by the South African Journal of Science aimed at postgraduate students and early career researchers with little or no experience in writing and publishing journal articles.
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Crash Course MS Word + Mendeley
1. CRASH COURSE MS WORD + MENDELEY
FAKULTI SAINS DAN TEKNOLOGI MAKLUMAT
KOLEJ UNIVERSITI ISLAM ANTARABANGSA SELANGOR
8:30AM-1PM | 8 JANUARI 2018
2. Pengenalan diri
Mohd Shahrul Nizam bin Mohd Danuri (Dr.)
13 years in ICT industry
Software development, networking, telecommunication,
research and technology in agriculture
PhD in Information Management, UiTM
Master’s Degree in Intellectual Property, UKM
BSc. Computer Science (Hons), USM
MNCC, IEEE, Mendeley Advisor, dll
Mobile: +6012.636.6441 (Call) | +6107.326.4640
(Whatsapp)
Email: msnizam@kuis.edu.my
3. Pengenalan diri
* All images belong to respective owners
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<Display “Hello World”>
</CIF code>
Network
Programmer
Computer Engineering
4. Pengenalan diri
Information Systems
Big Data / Data Science
Machine Learning
Internet of Things (IoT)
Wireless Sensor Network (WSN)
Technology in Agriculture
https://ieee-collabratec.ieee.org/app/p/msnizam
https://scholar.google.com.my/citations?user=9bWoxm0AAAAJ&
hl=en&authuser=1
6. Pengenalan
Untuk memberikan pengetahuan asas
menggunakan MS Word dan Mendeley
kepada para pensyarah dengan cara yang
betul
Untuk mempercepatkan proses membuat
kertas kerja, ‘editing’, tesis dengan
menggunakan ciri-ciri dan fungsi yang ada
dalam MS Word + Mendeley
https://padlet.com/msnizam/mendeley
9. BREAK
Mengatasi penggunaan ENTER jika ingin pergi ke muka
surat seterusnya.
Umumnya, terdapat 2 break yang biasa digunakan:
Page Break
Section Break
10. PAGE BREAK
Memisahkan muka surat dengan muka surat lain dengan
mengekalkan format yang sama bagi muka surat yang
baru
Mengekalkan kesinambungan nombor muka surat
Pergi ke tab ribbon INSERT, bahagian Pages, pilih Page
Break
Shortcut mudah adalah dengan menekan button CTRL +
ENTER
11. SECTION BREAK
Memisahkan muka surat dengan muka surat lain dengan
boleh mengubah format yang lain bagi muka surat yang
baru
Nombor muka surat perlu dibuat semula
Pergi ke tab ribbon LAYOUT, bahagian Page Setup
Ada pelbagai pilihan di bawah Section Break
Next
Continuous
Even Page
Odd Page
21. ISI KANDUNGAN / TABLE OF CONTENT
Syarat-syarat sebelum membuat Table of Content /
Isi Kandungan
Muka surat / Page Number
Level / Style
22. ISI KANDUNGAN / TABLE OF CONTENT
- MUKA SURAT -
Kaedah 1
Double click di bahagian bawah muka surat. DI bhg atas MS
WORD, automatik terbuka tab Header & Footer Tools ribbon.
Lihat sebelah kiri tab ribbon, pilih Page Number
Pilih template yang ada
23. ISI KANDUNGAN / TABLE OF CONTENT
- MUKA SURAT -
Kaedah 2
Pergi ke tab ribbon INSERT
Pilih bahagian Header & Footer, pilih Page Number
Insert > Header & Footer > Page Number
24. Level setting adalah permulaan untuk memberikan level
kepada isi kandungan. Contohnya seperti di bawah:
Terdapat beberapa kaedah untuk membuat level
ISI KANDUNGAN / TABLE OF CONTENT
- LEVEL-
Level 1
Level 2
Level 1
25. Kaedah 1
Highlight bahagian untuk membuat level
Pilih References > Table of Content > Level
Setkan sebagai Level 1 dan sebagainya
ISI KANDUNGAN / TABLE OF CONTENT
- LEVEL-
26. Kaedah 2
Highlight bahagian untuk membuat level
Pilih Home > Style
Pilih Heading 1
ISI KANDUNGAN / TABLE OF CONTENT
- LEVEL-
28. REFERENCES / RUJUKAN
Rujukan atau References adalah menggunakan kombinasi
citation dan bibliography
Ia bergantung kepada beberapa format seperti:
APA
Harvard
IEEE
Chicago
Dan sebagainya
29. Pergi ke tab ribbon References, lihat bahagian Citations &
Bibliography
Klik Insert Citation, pilih Add New Source
Akan terbuka window box Create Source
Atr perkara penting perlu diisi adalah:
Pilhan kategori/ sumber
Nama penulis (Author)
Nama artikel/ Web/ Paten/ dll
Tahun artikel ditulis
Sumber web / URL (untuk pilihan website)
Klik OK
REFERENCES / RUJUKAN
- Citation -
30. Artikel telah dimasukkan sebagai salah satu source citation
Boleh buat pilihan artikel yang sama di bahagian lain
Tambah source citation yang lain dengan klik Add New
Souce
REFERENCES / RUJUKAN
- Citation -
31. Pergi ke muka surat akhir
Pergi ke References > Citations & Bibliography, pilih
template bibliograpghy
REFERENCES / RUJUKAN
- Bibliograpghy -
32. Rujukan akan keluar mengikut format yang dipilih (default:
APA format)
Jangan lupa UPDATE Table of Content selepas membuat
bibliography
REFERENCES / RUJUKAN
- Bibliograpghy -
Tukar perkataan Bibliography
kepada RUJUKAN tanpa
mengubah level dan setting
33. SHORT CUT / KEKUNCI PINTASAN
Cuba Jaya
1. Taip FDFA
2. Tekan ALT + X
* Sumber dari BEPublishing
34. Laman web untuk membuat latihan
menaip pantas
http://www.typingtest.com/
http://www.ratatype.com/typing-test/
https://10fastfingers.com/typing-test/english
http://typing-speed-test.aoeu.eu/
37. Sejarah
Mendeley, dinamakan bersemperna nama seorang
ahli biologi, Gregor Mendel dan ahli kimia, Dmitri
Mendeleyev.
Mendeley telah dibangunkan pada November 2007
oleh tiga orang mahasiswa PhD Jerman dan mula
ditawarkan kepada pengguna pada Januari 2008
Elsevier telah membeli Mendeley pada tahun 2013
https://blog.mendeley.com/tag/history/
46. Adding Documents
Select a file or folder to
add from your computer
Watch a folder
Add reference by
manually entering
details
Import from another reference
manager, or BibTeX
50. Manage Your Library
Use column
headings
to order your
references
Mark entries
read or unread
Entries with
attached PDFs
can be opened
with the PDF
Reader
Star items to
mark them as
favorites
All items in
your personal
library
Items added
in the last two
weeks
Access your
recently read
items
All items you’ve
starred in your
library
Items in need
of review
51. 51
Create and Use Folders
References not added to a folder
will appear in ‘unsorted’
Your folders will be listed below.
Drag and drop to re-order them.
Use ‘Create Folder’ to enter a
new folder name.
52. Search Your Documents
Enter your search term
in the search field
The main view will be
filtered accordingly
Click on a specific folder
to search within it
Use the clear button to
remove the search filter
Mendeley’s search tool
will look at reference
metadata, but will also
search within the full text
of PDF papers.
53. Search Your Documents
Add tags to papers in your
library which share a common
theme
Use the Filter Menu to filter
your library view to only include
tagged items
You can also filter by Author,
Author Keywords and
Publication
65. Create Groups
See the groups
you created, joined
or follow.
Add documents to
a group by
dragging and
dropping.
66. Private Groups
Collaborate with Your Research Team
Share full-text
documents with
members of your
private group
Share highlights
and annotations
Each group member is assigned a different color for highlighting
67. Browse & Join Public Groups
Browse by discipline to
discover new groups
68. Create your research profile
Connect with
colleagues
and join new
communities
Share your work
with other
researchers
Promote your
work and interests
to a global
audience
Receive personal
stats on how your
work is used
69. Showcase Your Publications
1. Add your own publications
2. Mendeley adds the PDFs to the
public database
3. Showcase them on your profile
80. Mohd Shahrul Nizam Mohd Danuri
msnizam@kuis.edu.my
https://ieee-collabratec.ieee.org/app/p/msnizam
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GoogleForm -
Questionnaire, Quiz, etc
Google Classroom
Web 2.0 for Teaching and
Learning
Powtoon
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Padlet
Flipgrid
Massive Open Online
Course (MOOC)
OpenLearning
Android Development
Graphic Design for Online
Marketing
Web Application
Development
and many more…
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Faculty of Science and
Technology, KUIS
fstm.kuis.edu.my
+603.8925.4251
Editor's Notes
Welcome to this introductory session on Mendeley. This presentation will cover the basics of what Mendeley is, how it can help to improve your research and writing processes and how you actually use it.
Mendeley is designed to help you to achieve three main goals:
Organizing your references, by allowing you to create a personal library of materials and structuring it as you see fit. It can help you keep track of different papers you’re reading - by adding notes and highlights, and by remembering where you had reached.
Collaborating with others. Mendeley allows you to come together with other users to share references and to exchange ideas. You can also use private groups to share full-text papers and to collaboratively annotate. You can use this functionality to work with people you see every day, or use Mendeley’s social features to find people with similar interests from around the world.
Discover. In addition to helping you discover new people to work with, Mendeley can also help you to find new research being published in your field - and to recommend new reading based on the contents of your personal library.
So what is Mendeley? Mendeley is free software which is available across a number of different platforms. You can run Mendeley on your computer or laptop, your phone or tablet, and also access it from any modern browser. You can either download the appropriate app for your particular device, or use your web browser to log onto the web version.
Mendeley’s Desktop application offers the most complete experience - allowing you to organize, collaborate and discover, as well as use the citation plugin to cite as you write in Microsoft Word or LibreOffice. We’ll cover this in more detail later on.
The other versions - Web and Mobile - offer you the ability to access your references on the go, as well as making notes and annotations.
Mendeley acts as a repository for your reference information. You add papers to your library by importing PDF files stored on your computer, or by retrieving them from other locations - like online catalogs such as ScienceDirect, Scopus, Pubmed or PLOS. You can also create entries for items that you don’t have access to as PDFs by manually entering details.
Materials you add to your library are then stored in the cloud, for you to retrieve wherever you need them. It might be that you want to read a paper on the way home on the train, or you need to write a paper on your main computer. Mendeley allows you to retrieve the same resources with the same enhancements and annotations wherever you need them.
Let’s talk briefly about how the product works, what it looks like and how you might like to use it.
The first thing you’ll need to do is to create an account via mendeley.com. This is completely free to do and only takes a few seconds. You’ll need a Mendeley account to log into the different versions of the software.
Once you’ve created your account you’ll be prompted to download the appropriate version of Mendeley Desktop for your current machine. You don’t have to do this right away, but it’s a good idea to have the desktop application installed on your main working computer.
This is how Mendeley Desktop looks on a Mac. The Windows version may have a few cosmetic differences, but the functionality is exactly the same. This presentation uses Mac screenshots throughout - but don’t let that put you off if you use a Windows PC.
Mendeley Desktop offers the complete Mendeley experience. It allows you to build, maintain and order your personal library. It also allows you to access reading and writing functions. We’ll go through these in more detail later.
When you first open Mendeley Desktop, you’ll need to log into your Mendeley account. This ensures that any changes you make are being made to your own account and will be carried across when you log into different devices.
Mendeley Desktop follows a three column structure. The left-hand panel allows you to navigate through different filtering options for your library. When you click on different folders or groups listed in this column, different lists of papers will be returned in the main panel. In this screenshot we have ‘All Documents’ selected, which means the main panel is listing all of our references.
The middle panel allows you to select individual references. Clicking on a reference listed here will display this document’s details in the right-hand panel. You can also select multiple papers to undertake bulk actions, such as mass deletions or additions to folders.
The right panel shows the details of your selected reference. You can also use this panel to modify the details by clicking into the individual fields. You should carefully check and correct the details displayed in this panel as ensuring accuracy here will ensure that your citations are totally correct.
We’ll go into the details of how the interface works in just a few minutes.
Mendeley Web is the version of Mendeley accessible via your web browser. You’ll need to be logged into your Mendeley account in order to access it.
The layout is similar to what we’ve just seen for Mendeley Desktop - although it has been optimized for use in a browser. The same three-column structure persists. We won’t go into too much detail on Mendeley Web here - but if you’re interested in using it, there’s a dedicated guide available in the Mendeley Resource Center.
So let’s talk about how Mendeley can help you to bring organization to your references.
Firstly, I want to make the distinction between references and documents. Hopefully you’re already familiar with both, but in this context when we say ‘document’ we’re referring to an actual file - usually a PDF version of a research paper. A document will contain lots of information - many papers are many pages in length and contain thousands of words. They also contain the details necessary to ‘reference’ the paper. Usually this is just key information about the paper, such as the author name(s), title, publisher and so on.
Mendeley deals in both documents and references. It will take a document - in the form of a PDF paper - and attempt to extract the reference information in order to produce a reference. It does this by looking at the contents of the paper, or by examining the ‘metadata’ - or detailed information which publishers include in files when creating them.
You can then check and modify this reference data to ensure that Mendeley has produced the correct details. Ensuring you have correct reference details is very important.
It’s also important to realise that you can have a reference without providing a document. If you know the details of a publication (such as the author, title etc.) you can still add it to your library and cite it - even if you don’t have access to a PDF version.
This can be useful if you’re citing a book that you use in hard copy, for example.
Mendeley also offers a number of other options for adding material to your library. You can find these by opening the File menu.
You can choose to add individual files, or the contents of an entire folder by browsing to the relevant location on your computer.
You can opt to ‘watch’ a folder - which will mean that Mendeley monitors that location for any new items being dropped into the folder. If it finds a new document, that document will be automatically added to your Mendeley library.
You can also easily import a library from other reference managers, so if you’ve tried out EndNote, Reworks or another solution and found them not to your liking, you can carry across your library to Mendeley easily.
You also have the option to create a reference manually - which will allow you to complete a number of fields by hand.
Mendeley makes it easy for you to continue building your library.
The Web Importer is a bookmarklet that you can add to your web browser. When you click on this item in your browser’s favorites, the Web Importer will attempt to detect references on the page you’re viewing and ask if you want to add them to your library. You can also use it to add web pages to your library. I’ll show you the Web Importer in more detail shortly.
Mendeley also operates a Research Catalog - the largest crowd-sourced collections of Papers available online. You can search the online catalog to identify references you want in your library, and add them with just a few clicks.
Certain online catalogs, such as ScienceDirect - pictured here - allow you to export references directly to Mendeley. Look out for the Export button on pages like this.
Other catalogs will allow you to export in file formats such as RIS, which can then be added to Mendeley using the File menu.
Syncing is a core concept in Mendeley. Whenever you make changes in Mendeley, you’ll need to sync in order to push those changes up into cloud storage. Syncing will also pull down any changes made on other devices. It’s a good idea to sync regularly to ensure that your documents and annotations are saved in the cloud.
You can sync at any time by using the sync button. Mendeley will also sync automatically each time you open it.
Now that you’re familiar with adding references to your library, let’s talk about how you can order and structure your library.
Mendeley Desktop’s interface should be fairly intuitive if you’re familiar with programs like iTunes, or even Gmail. The left-hand panel offers a number of different options to help filter your document list to exactly what you need to find.
The default position when opening Mendeley Desktop is ‘All Documents,’ which will list all items in your library. You can use the column headings (such as Author Names, Year, etc.) to order your documents by that value - this can be useful for finding works by a specific author, for example.
When you add materials to your library, they will initially be marked as unread - indicated by a large green dot in the second column. You can toggle this off and on by clicking it. Alternatively, a document will be marked as read once you’ve spent a certain amount of time reading it in the Mendeley PDF reader.
You can ‘star’ documents to mark them as favorites. They can then be easily retrieved via the left-hand panel.
You can also use the left-hand panel to access items you’ve recently added, or items you’ve recently read.
Folders allow you to quickly file your references under different topic headings. You can drag and drop references from your library onto the folder name in the left panel to add that reference to a folder.
You can also create folders within existing folders.
Mendeley offers a powerful search tool to help you to locate items in your library. Just enter your search term in the field which appears in the top right corner and Mendeley will filter your current view to show references which contain that term. It will also search within the full text of PDF papers which appear in your library.
The search is context specific, so if you’re not getting the results you expect make sure that you have the appropriate folder selected in the left-hand panel. If in doubt, select ‘All Documents’.
Use the ‘clear’ button which appears on the yellow toolbar to remove the search filter.
You can also use tags to help locate a reference or references within your library. You can add multiple tags to your references using the document detail panel when you have the reference selected.
Then use the Filter by My Tags menu which appears in the bottom left corner to quickly pull up materials that you’ve tagged.
The list of available tags will only display tags used in your current folder view - so, again, make sure you are viewing the appropriate folder or All Documents before attempting to filter.
You may find that after collecting a library of references that you have accumulated some duplicate entries - where two copies of the same reference have been added to your library.
Luckily, Mendeley can clean these up for you. Use ‘Check for Duplicates’ - found in the Tools menu. Mendeley will identify any duplicate entries and offer to merge these into a single, combined entry. You will be prompted to check over the details of the combined version before the merger is completed - allowing you to take details from each of the entries you’re merging.
If you’ve added PDF papers to your library, you’ll also be able to open them for reading within Mendeley Desktop. This offers you a number of opportunities…
The Reader’s layout will be familiar if you’ve used Adobe Acrobat or similar software. At the top of the screen you’ll see a number of tools, which are mostly self-explanatory.
You’ll also notice that Mendeley operates a tabbed format - allowing you to open multiple PDFs for reading at once, and to switch back and forth between them.
Mendeley will remember where you were up to in a paper when you open it and take you back to the same place.
You can highlight important passages using the Highlight tool - just as you would when reading a physical copy. This allows you to pick out important passages from a paper.
You can also add notes to the paper to help organize your thoughts. These can be done either in the Notes box which appears in the document detail panels. These notes are document-wide and can also be viewed from the main library view - without opening the paper for reading.
Alternatively, you can add ‘sticky notes’ to specific locations in the text. These allow you to make content-specific notes at a particular location. Sticky notes that are added in this way will appear in the list of annotations in the document details panel. You can use these entries to jump to the appropriate location within the paper - allowing you to retrieve your notes in context.
One of the most popular features of Mendeley is its ability to improve the citing process. Mendeley makes it a lot easier to insert properly formatted citations throughout a paper you’re writing - and will automatically generate a bibliography for you. It also allows you to restyle your manuscript’s citations with just a few clicks - making it ideal for resubmissions to different journals or publishers.
You’ll first need to install the citation plugin. This can be done via the Tools menu within Mendeley Desktop.
The citation plugin supports Microsoft Word and the free alternative LibreOffice. Depending on which of these you have installed, you will see the prompt to install the plugin.
Once installed, the citation plugin will appear within your word processor. Its appearance will vary slightly depending on your operating system, but you will see the same buttons and options in both.
Inserting a citation is achieved by first positioning your cursor in the appropriate location and pressing the ‘Insert Citation’ button which appears on the Mendeley toolbar. You also need to be running Mendeley Desktop, and will be prompted to start it if it is not currently running.
Pressing the button will open the Mendeley search tool. This box allows you to enter a term - such as an author name - before returning search results from your library. Locate the reference you want to cite, click to select it and press the Ok button. You will see that the citation is added. Its appearance will vary depending on which citation style you currently have active - we’ll talk more about this shortly.
That’s all there is to it - you’ve added your first citation! Congratulations!
If you’re looking for a particular citation and can’t remember its details you can also opt to switch to Mendeley desktop to locate it - using search or filtering by tags, for example. Just press the ‘Go to Mendeley’ button to switch over to that interface.
Once you’ve located the appropriate reference, click to highlight it and press the ‘Cite’ button which temporarily appears on the Mendeley Desktop toolbar. If you want to cancel the citing process and return to your manuscript press the cancel button.
Note that your manuscript is considered locked while this process is active. You need to cancel the citation to return to the document, or insert a citation before you can switch back to your word processor.
Many publishers require adjacent citations to be combined into a single, properly-styled format. Mendeley can handle this for you. Just insert two separate citations, highlight them both in the word processor and press ‘Merge Citations’ to combine them.
Once you’ve done adding citations you’ll need to generate a bibliography. Ensure your cursor is positioned where you want your bibliography to appear and press the ‘Insert Bibliography’ button - it just takes one click!
Mendeley will now look through your manuscript, pick out all the citations you’ve added and order them into a list. The exact ordering and appearance of your bibliography will depend on the citation style - which we’ll talk about next.
Citation Styles are sets of styling instructions which control how your citations and bibliography appear. Different publishers and institutions require different formatting for citations when you wish to submit a paper.
Using Mendeley, you can choose the appropriate citation style for your manuscript - and also switch between different styles with just a few clicks. Mendeley will restyle all the citations in your manuscript automatically. To change citation styles, open the styles dropdown menu which appears on the Mendeley toolbar. If you don’t see the style you need, you can click ‘More Styles’ to be taken to the Styles tool within Mendeley Desktop. This will also allow you to download and install new styles in seconds.
Mendeley allows you to use over 1,600 different citation styles - but comes pre-installed with some of the most commonly used, such as APA, Harvard and IEEE.
If you still can’t find the right style or you’d like to customize an existing style, you may want to try the Mendeley CSL Editor, which allows you to customize citation styles. Saved styles are added to the Mendeley database, and will appear in your drop-down menu in Word.
You can also share created styles with other Mendeley users. The editor can be found at http://csl.mendeley.com
Let’s talk a bit more about sharing now. Quite often you may want to share materials with other Mendeley users - or even to collaborate directly on a particular paper.
Groups are Mendeley’s solution to the the problem of collaboration. They allow you to come together with other users and to share resources. If you’ve already created or joined groups, you’ll see them listed in the left panel of Mendeley Desktop - underneath your personal folders. To add materials to a group, just drag and drop them onto the group name.
You can create new groups at any time by using the ‘Create Group…’ option. The process is quick and easy. Mendeley offers three different types of group:
Open - these groups are publicly visible and accessible to anyone. They will be listed in the groups directory on Mendeley’s website. Members can add references to the group - but only the reference details will be added.
Invite-only - these groups are publicly visible, but membership is controlled by the group admins. Anyone can ‘follow’ the group to access the references, but only full members can add or edit references.
Private - these groups are not publicly visible. Members need to be invited. Members can share full-text papers with each other, and can also collaboratively highlight & annotate on these materials.
Private groups, like all groups, offer the ability to communicate with other members via messages posted to the newsfeed. You’ll also receive notifications when new resources are added.
Each post on the group’s newsfeed creates a discussion thread - allowing you to comment on other members’ posts.
You can open papers shared with the private group using the Mendeley PDF Reader. Any highlights and annotations you add to the group version will be visible to other members of the group. Each contributor will be assigned a color to help distinguish their changes.
Add notes or highlight particular passages to draw your collaborators’ attention to particular sections of the paper.
You can also browse popular public groups by subject to locate popular groups associated with each topic.
Joining public groups is also a good way to connect with other Mendeley users who are active in your field. This can lead to collaboration and sharing of resources.
Completing your Mendeley profile is a great way to promote yourself and to encourage other users to get in touch. You can use your profile to share your interests and publications with the world.
When viewing another user’s profile you will have the option to ‘follow’ them, which will keep you up to date with their activity. You can also send them a direct message.
You can use Mendeley to share your work with other users by adding your publications to your personal profile. Adding publications will make them available to other users via your profile, as well as connecting you to them in the Mendeley Web Catalog. If other users view your paper in the Catalog, they will see that you are a Mendeley user and will be able to connect with you.
To add your personal publications, open ‘My publications’ in Mendeley Desktop, and either drag & drop a file onto the specified area, or click to browse to a file on your computer.
In addition to groups and individuals, Mendeley also offers you the ability to discover new research. By drawing on the crowd-sourced catalog of materials, Mendeley can draw on one of the largest resource libraries available online - one that’s continually growing as users add more materials.
If you know the name of a paper or if you have a specific topic in mind, you can use the Literature Search setting from within Mendeley Desktop. This allows you to retrieve new references from the Mendeley Web Catalog.
As the Catalog is crowd-sourced, the Literature Search can only retrieve papers that have already been added by other users - so if your desired result is a very new or obscure paper, you may not be able to retrieve it.
If the full text of a paper is available - for example, if the paper is open access - you’ll see an icon allowing you to download it.
You can also search the catalog online via mendeley.com’s Papers tab. If you’re logged into your mendeley account, you’ll be able to save the resulting references straight to your library.
When viewing a web catalog entry, you’ll see the option to add the reference to your library with just a single click. If the paper is freely available - ie open access - you’ll also be able to download the full paper.
For other references, you can use the ‘Find this paper at’ dropdown menu to view different options. Using Open URL will allow you to retrieve a paper through your institutional access, providing your institution has the appropriate subscription.
When viewing a paper in the Web Catalog, you’ll also be given a list of papers that are related to it. These relationships are determined by the behaviour of other Mendeley users - so if a paper is commonly used in conjunction with the item you’re viewing, it will be recommended to you.
A Web Catalog entry will also include readership statistics drawn from Mendeley. You can see the number of people who have read the paper, as well as a breakdown of their discipline background. You can also see the academic status of readers, and their country of origin.
Finally, from within Mendeley Desktop you can select multiple papers within your library, and right click to be given a list of papers connected with the items you selected. This can allow you to discover new resources connected to a set of materials - such as the items within a particular folder - and can be handy for finding niche topics or interests.
Getting feedback is really important to Mendeley. There are a number of channels you can go through depending on what you want to say or what you need help with.
Mendeley’s Resource Center has detailed guides to each of the different versions, as well as feature guides that cover specific components. It’s a good idea to use these guides to familiarize yourself with the different aspects of Mendeley.
There are also a number of video guides available.
If you have questions or problems, Mendeley have a dedicated support team in place to help out. You can raise a support ticket via the website, or contact them via email or Twitter.
If you have ideas or suggestions about how Mendeley could be improved, Mendeley would love to hear them. We try to take suggestions from the community into account when developing new features.