Introduction to Mendeley

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1 Introduction to Mendeley part of the Researcher Unbound series The Reference Manager Team, NUS Libraries

2 WORKSHOPS SCHEDULE See: j.mp/ru_about

3 What is Mendeley? Free Academic Software Cross-Platform (Win/Mac/Linux/Mobile) Works on all major browsers Desktop Web Mobile

4 Mendeley Desktop versus Mendeley Web

5 Overview Using Mendeley

6 4 main features 2 ORGANISE Organise your Mendeley Library Use the folders Search/locate references Annotate the PDFs 1 BUILD Add PDFs and citations Grab citations with the Web browser extension Manual entry 4 3 CITE/USE Insert and edit citations in MSWord Generate the Bibliography Change citation styles COLLABORATE/ NETWORK Discover within the Mendeley community Collaborate with others

7 References and Documents Information about Documents 1. Expressed in a citation style appropriate to your discipline/subject/journal 2. Citation styles may use in-text citations OR footnotes

8 Build Populating a Mendeley Library

9 1. Adding Documents a Select a file or folder to add from your computer b Import from another reference manager, or BibTeX c Add reference by manually entering details

10 Adding PDFs PDFs must have a DOI (Digital Object Identifier) to enable Mendeley to auto-populate the key metadata fields of a citation/reference Click on the PDF, drag and drop into the middle panel of your Mendeley Desktop Check that the metadata fields are populated correctly

11 2. Export from databases (.RIS) Typically, look for the Export to... function in a subscribed database. Examples from EBSCO, JSTOR & ProQuest databases

12 a. Libraries

13 b. Databases: Scopus and Science Direct

14 3. Web Browser extension Save research while browsing online

15 Web Browser Extension Browser dependent : Chrome or Firefox are best Safari is ok; some issues Internet Explorer & Edge are v. problematic Caveats: It works with selected databases The quality of metadata varies with the source

16 Using the Web Extension Select an article and import the reference to your library in one click.

17 4. Add an entry manually Title: A study of resiliency among Chinese health care workers: capacity to cope with workplace stress Authors: Siu Oi-Ling, Harry Hui C., David R Phillips, Lin Lin, Wong Tze-wai, Shi Kan Journal details: Journal of Research in Personality, 2009, Volume 43, Issue No. 5 DOI: /j.jrp Pages:

18 4. Manual entry Select the relevant document type Key in the details of the item: title, author & year are crucial Author field requires special attention (Last name, first names) Source info is also important

19 Re-Cap 1a. Drag & Drop a PDF b. Import a folder containing PDFs 2. Import a.ris file Reference Reference + Doc 3. Mendeley s Web Importer Reference 4. Manual Entry Reference

20 Organize Managing Your Library

21 Quick ways of Organising items 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 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

22 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.

23 Search Your Library Use the clear button to remove the search filter Enter your search term in the search field Click on a specific folder to search within it Mendeley s search tool will look at reference metadata, but will also search within the full text of PDF papers

24 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

25 Checking for duplicates Under Tools

26 PDF Viewer Highlight and Annotate Documents

27 The PDF Viewer PDF shows in a separate tab Annotation tools are shown only in this tab

28 Highlighting and Annotating

29 Sync

30 Cite Using the Mendeley Citation Plug-In

31 Install the Citation Plug-in

32 The Citation Tool Bar Appears in Word Windows Mac

33 Generate In-Text Citations in Word 1. Click Insert or Edit Citation 2. Search by author, title or year, or select a document from your Mendeley library 3. Select the article or book, and click ok to automatically cite that text in Word

34 Editing and Adding to Citations 1. Select your citation and click Insert or Edit Citation 2. Click on your citation (here: Carroll 2011 ) 3. Use the Citation Editor to add page numbers, other information, or to suppress the author

35 Insert the Bibliography All formatting of the bibliography (font size, line spaces, hanging paragraphs) are done in MSWord

36 Changing Citation Styles

37 Finding a Citation Style Click on Get More Styles if you are not using the standard styles under the Installed tab There are > 6,400 styles

38 Last but not least Before you submit or share your Word doc

39 VIDEO Collaborate Join and Create Groups to Share References

40 VIDEO Discover New Research, Recommendations, and Impact

41 Search the Catalog Online Conduct advanced searches or browse by discipline Find new research based on what is popular or the most recently added

42 Library Proxybookmarklet & Mendeley Web Search When using Mendeley Web to search for articles, you will have to use the Library Proxybookmarklet to access the full-text

43 Talk to Us Let us know if you need help or resources

44 Mendeley SupportHub Tech Support (UK based)

45 NUS Libraries LibGuide Limited tech knowledge but we ll try to help

46 YOUR FEEDBACK IS GREATLY APPRECIATED

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