Effective searching & Mendeley training sessions for the Economics 244 students at Stellenbosch University.

1. Referencing:
Economics 244
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PeplerHead
FacultyLibrarian:EconomicandManagementSciences
peplerh@sun.ac.za

2. In this session we’ll be looking at
Searching databases
Finding credible academic sources
Exporting citations into Mendeley
Using Mendeley’s MS Word plugin
Where to find help
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3. Effective Searching
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Is it true that economic growth makes the rich
richer and the poor poorer?
Main Concepts:
Economic growth
Inequality OR income inequality
Note: The concepts that you are looking for are not
always expressed in the language of the assignment
or question, but often through other related terms.

4. Effective Searching
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Is it true that economic growth makes the rich
richer and the poor poorer?
Main Concepts:
Economic growth
Inequality OR income inequality
Note: The concepts that you are looking for are not
always expressed in the language of the assignment
or question, but often through other related terms.

5. Effective Searching
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Boolean Operators - AND / OR / NOT
AND – returns results with both keywords
OR – returns results with one or the other keyword
NOT – returns results excluding specific keywords

6. Effective Searching
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Boolean Operators - AND / OR / NOT

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Boolean Operators - AND / OR / NOT
Quotation Marks “ ” – keep keywords together, for
exact phrase searching
Brackets ( ) – keep concepts together, used for
synonyms

8. Effective Searching
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“economic growth” AND
(inequality OR “income inequality”)

9. Finding credible academic sources
Reliability:
From a reputable source/institution- publisher, University, Research Unit,
Company
Authority:
Creator is an expert in their field, and affiliated with a reputable institution
Validity :
The research was conducted in a manner that is commonly accepted in the
field, and is evident in the article
Accuracy:
The information can be verified
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10. Good news
Using Academic Databases provided by the library will
assist you in finding relevant, credible information for your
assignments. Examples:
Google Scholar
EBSCO Host
ProQuest
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What is Mendeley
• Reference Management Tool
• Organize and search your library
• Annotate documents
• Cite as you write

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Creating an account
1. Visit www.mendeley.com
2. Click “create account” in the top right corner
3. Enter your email address and continue
4. Enter your Name, surname and create a password
5. Click Register
6. Your online account is ready

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Installing Mendeley Desktop
1. Visit www.mendeley.com
2. Click “download” in the top right corner
3. The download page will open
4. Select your Operating System and the download will
start
5. Double click the file to run the installer
6. Once installed, open the Desktop app and sing in

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Once you’ve completed your installation, open the Desktop app
and sign in using your Mendeley details

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When you’ve signed in, Mendeley will prompt you to install the
MS Word Citation Plugin

21. Importing References
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Exporting Directly from
online Databases

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EbscoHost – Once you’ve conducted your search,
you will see the export option in the record

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Export the citation using either RIS or BibTex
format and a file will download

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From Mendeley Desktop, select Add, and import
the downloaded file

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From Mendeley Desktop, select Add, and import
the downloaded file

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Once added, the citation will be in your library.
Always review to make sure that the data is correct

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Remember to SYNC your library to your online
account after importing citations

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Science Direct –you can export multiple records
by selecting the record you would like to export

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Click export, and a direct export to Mendeley
will be available from the dropdown menu

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The Mendeley web importer will open in another
window, select sign in and log on with you details

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Once you've signed in, you will see your library
on the left with the latest imported files

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You can also export an individual record from
within the record page

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• RIS, BibTEX and XML are common formats used to
export citations from another database or programme.
• It can be used to export citations from another
Reference Management tool

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Google Scholar – Once you’ve conducted your
search, you will see the cite button at the bottom

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Clicking the cite button will open the cite box, now
select your citation export style (BibTex)

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Clicking the BibTex option will open the record in
another window, right click and save page as a Text
document

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Save the file as a Text document

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No upload the file to Mendeley Desktop,

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You will see the file in your Library, remember to review
and edit the citation

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Again, remember to SYNC your library to your
online account after importing citations

41. Using the MS WORD plugin
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Use Mendeley’s MS Word plugin for
• In-text citation
• Reference list

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To install the MS Word plugin, go to Tools and select
install MS Word plugin

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Now that you’ve installed the plugin, open a Word
document and select the References menu at the top

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Here you will see all the Mendeley options available
with the plugin

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Before starting, make sure that you are using the correct
Citation Style

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Select more styles from the drop down list if you do not
see the Citation Style that you want to use

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This will open the Mendeley Citation Style box, search
for the style you want, or select ‘get more styles’ to
install another style

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Insert in-text citations where needed by clicking on the
‘insert citation button’

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This will open the citation selector box, where you can
search for the specific citation to insert

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Select a single or multiple citations and click ok

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The Mendeley plugin will insert your citation in the
citation style specified

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To insert a page number, manually insert the citation, and
select keep manual edit

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To insert your reference list, select ‘Insert Bibliography’,
and the Mendeley plugin will insert your Reference list

54. A few tips:
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• Garbage in, Garbage out (check and edit your citations)
• Check your bibliography once exported
• Know the Referencing Style that you are using, Mendeley
does not replace knowledge
• Make sure what you are referencing, different material types
are displayed differently in the bibliography
• Makes sure that your in-text citations match your
bibliography
• Most important, be CONSISTENT

55. Thank you
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Email: peplerh@sun.ac.za
Library Guide:
http://libguides.sun.ac.za/mendeley