Presentation presented at the Mendeley Workshop at the University of Warwick by Salma Patel.

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Salma Patel
Doctoral Researcher
WMG, University of Warwick
www.salmapatel.com
Workshop: Organising
References using Mendeley
University of Warwick Library
16th of Feb 2012

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
@AmandaMichelle I love research: http://t.co/l0VoRGU
Mendeley: love the web importer,
use it across devices
(phone/ipad), and to share
readings w/advisors, etc.
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3. Agenda
 What is Mendeley?
 Creating your library
 Managing your documents & references
 Citing References & generating bibliographies
 Sharing references & collaborating using groups
 Mendeley Web
 Mendeley iPhone & iPad app
 Mendeley vs EndNote
 Support with Mendeley

4. What is Mendeley?

5. Based in London, Mendeley are 30+ researchers, graduates and
software developers from...
Supported by:
...backed by co-
founders and former
executives of:

6. What is Mendeley?
Mendeley is free academic software
(Win, Mac & Linux) to manage, share,
read, annotate and cite your research
papers...
...and a research network to manage
your papers online, discover research
trends and statistics, and to connect to
like-minded researchers.

7. Creating your library

8. What is Mendeley?
Set up and manage your reference groups
Library showing all your documents (citation or table view)
Add tags & notes and edit document details
Filter your papers by authors, keywords, tags, or publications

9. Adding your papers
You have different options to set up your library:
• Add single files or an entire folder
• “Watch a folder” to automatically import PDF files
• Drag and drop PDFs into Mendeley Desktop
… and Mendeley will try to extract the document
details automatically
You can also:
• Add existing EndNote/BibTeX/RIS databases
• Sync with other reference management webapps
• Use Mendeley Web Importer to add from online
databases
• Add from the Mendeley Research Catalog

10. Document details lookup
Enter the DOI, PubMed, or ArXiv ID and
click on the magnifier glass to start lookup
Missing info is added automatically

11. Web Importer
www.mendeley.com/import
To install the Web Importer,
drag & drop the bookmarklet
to your Favorites/Bookmarks
in your internet browser
Supported sites
The Web Importer
helps you grab citations
off the web

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

13. Synchronize and manage your library online
You can also add
references and
edit & manage your
library online

14. Managing your documents & references

15. Manage your library
Open attached PDF files in integrated viewer
Documents can be marked read/unread
Star your favorite papers
Filter by authors, tags, publications or keywords

16. Search as you type

17. Full text search in Mendeley’s PDF viewer

18. Annotate and highlight

19. Mendeley‘s File Organizer
You can find the
File Organizer in
Tools > Options >
File Organizer

20. Citing references & generating
bibliographies

21. Citing in Word & Open Office
Click on “Insert Citation” in Word
Highlight the paper(s) you want to
cite

22. Citing in Word & Open Office
Citation will show up based on selected style
Generate a bibliography in one click!
Cite into Google
documents
or other editors by
copy & paste

23. Sharing references &
collaborating using groups

24. Share references with Mendeley Groups
Groups can be private or public (invite only or open)
View the group online –
Public groups only have the reference details – no
other users can request to
full text. Private groups contain the full text
join or simply follow the
including notes & annotations.
activity of the group

25. Create Groups in Mendeley Desktop
Private groups
contain the full
text.
Public groups
share references
only.

26. Create Groups in Mendeley Desktop
You can also
create groups
online.

27. Mendeley Web

28. Mendeley Web
Mendeley Web is three things…
• Crowdsourced catalog of research
• A social network of researchers and
documents
• A web service for research data & stats

29. Your Online Profile
1 - Click to view your profile
2 – View Profile: Research field, Publications,
Awards and Grants, Biographical Information,
CV, Contact Information

30. Search People
2 – You can search…
1 – Some statistics about your publication

31. Search the Mendeley Research Catalog

32. Get readership information on papers

33. Mendeley iPhone
and iPad app

34. Mendeley iPhone App (Free!)

35. Mendeley vs EndNote

38. Owned by scholars
• Overkill for just collecting papers and
inserting citations
• Beholden to their existing base, can’t
innovate
• Tools of scholarship should be in the
hands of scholars!
• Mendeley constantly updates.

39. Support with Mendeley

40. Join the the University of Warwick group on
Mendeley
http://www.mendeley.com/groups/1682551/university-of-warwick/

41. Mendeley Support
They usually reply within 2
hours via email.

42. Leave feedback and see what’s coming next
Visit http://feedback.mendeley.com
to see what others are saying, leave
feedback, request features or report
bugs.

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salma.patel@warwick.ac.uk
Twitter: @salma_patel