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.

1. Mendeley for LibrariansMay 20th 2011William GunnHead of Academic Outreachwilliam.gunn@mendeley.com

2. Just started using Mendeley. How come I was never told about such a great tool? @litreviewhq I haven't heard of Mendeley but it could be exactly what I'm looking for... Thanks! @enkerli I *love* Mendeley. It's the best thing that has happened to reference management since EndNote Just fyi, Mendeley is pretty awesome on searching research: http://t.co/l0VoRGU@AmandaMichelle I love Mendeley: love the web importer, use it across devices (phone/ipad), and to share readings w/advisors, etc. #phdchatI friggin' LOVE Mendeley!! http://amplicate.com/love/mendeley

3. What you will learnWhat problems Mendeley solvesWhat technology Mendeley usesHow Mendeley comparesHow to teach others about Mendeley.

4. Based in London & New York, Mendeley is researchers, graduates and software developers from...Supported by:...backed by co-founders and former executives of:

5. Connecting Scholars in the CloudResearch is a social activity, but the tools and the data aren’t. Databases have incomplete metadata, incompatible licenses prevent remixing and sharing necessary for new insights.Capture the latent info in their process!

6. Mendeley is not just a reference manager!...and aggregates research data in the cloudInstall Mendeley DesktopMendeley extracts research data…

7. What is Mendeley?Mendeley Web: A research catalog of 100M documents from 1M researchers, 80K collaborative groups.Mendeley Desktop: A bit of software that organizes PDFs and helps you write papers.

8. Mendeley DesktopSet up and manage your reference groupsLibrary showing all your documents (citation or table view)Add tags & notes and edit document detailsFilter your papers by authors, keywords, tags, or publications

9. 7 ways to add documents to MendeleyYou have different options to set up your library:Add single files or an entire folder

10. “Watch a folder” to automatically import PDF files

11. Drag and drop PDFs into Mendeley Desktop… and Mendeley will try to extract the document details automaticallyYou can also:Add existing EndNote/BibTeX/RIS databases

12. Sync with other reference management webapps

13. Use Mendeley Web Importer to add from online databases

14. Add from the Mendeley Research Cataloghttp://www.mendeley.com/blog/tipstricks/7-ways-to-add-documents-to-mendeley/

15. What happens when you add PDFs to Mendeley?EXTRACTUPLOAD

16. Document details lookupEnter the DOI, PubMed, or ArXiv ID and click on the magnifier glass to start lookupMissing info is added automatically

17. Web Importer www.mendeley.com/importTo install the Web Importer, drag & drop the bookmarklet to your Favorites/Bookmarksin your internet browserSupported sitesThe Web Importer helps you grab citations off the web

18. Usingthe Web ImporterOn the web page with the reference(s) you want to capture: click on the bookmarklet……then click on “Import” to import the reference/paper to your Mendeley library. If possible/available, also the associated PDF will be imported.

24. Citing in Word & Open Office

25. Citing in Word & Open OfficeCitation will show up based on selected styleGenerate a bibliography in one click!Cite into Google documents or other editors by copy & paste

26. Mendeley and EndnoteWhy spend money if good free tools exist?Overkill for just collecting papers and inserting citationsBeholden to their existing base, can’t innovateTools of scholarship should be in the hands of scholars!

27. Citation Style LanguageCSL is a markup language, like HTML, but for citation info.

28. Developed by Bruce D’Arcus, first implemented by Zotero

29. Open format

30. Tools for scholarly communication by and for scholars.Citation Style LanguageMendeley…Implements CSLShips with thousands of stylesDevelops citation style processor codeSupports community in development of styles

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35. Mendeley WebMendeley Web is three things…Crowdsourced catalog of researchA social network of researchers and documentsA web service for research data & stats

36. Aggregate data enables social discovery in real time

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51. We’re in this for the long haulhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/robertjosiah/4519389115