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Managing references : Mendeley

Managing references : Mendeley. Table of Contents. Why use a reference management software? What is reference management software? Mendeley features and functionality. Typical researcher writing a paper…. Source: flickr/toennessen. Problem statement…. article. Your topic:. article.

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Managing references : Mendeley

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  1. Managing references :Mendeley

  2. Table of Contents Why use a reference management software? What is reference management software? Mendeley features and functionality

  3. Typical researcher writing a paper… Source: flickr/toennessen

  4. Problem statement… article Your topic: article Your paper article article book book citations conference paper conference paper conference paper reference list/bibliography • Lots of typing • Lost references • Mistakes

  5. Use a reference management tool! article article Your article article article EndNoteWeb Mendeley Etc. book citations book conference paper conference paper conference paper reference list/bibliography

  6. Reference management softwares Tools that help scholars to create and manage their lists of references for research projects. Most tools are designed to organize citations into specific formats for the preparation of manuscripts and bibliographies. Many search tools provide ways to download references into reference management tools.

  7. This is a comparison of selected Reference management softwares.

  8. What is Mendeley? Mendeley is a free reference manager and academic social network that can help you organize your research, collaborate with others online, and discover the latest research.

  9. Syncs Desktop & Web applications Desktop – a free academic software to manage, share, read, annotate and cite your research papers Web - a research network to manage your papers online, discover research trends and statistics, and to connect to like-minded researchers

  10. This is the Web version of Mendeley which is used to manage your papers online. Tabbed menu or Resources Main menu or Function menu References My Library/ Collections

  11. References Desktopversion of Mendeley which is used to manage, annotate and cite your research papers. Collections Reference details Filters

  12. The basic version of Mendeley Web is free with 2 GB Personal Web Space and 500 MB Shared Web Space You can also upgrade to their premium plans with additional storage and features for a fee.

  13. To register and use Mendeley, go to the following address: http://www.mendeley.com From the Mendeley homepage, you will see the Sign up & Download and Sign in box. Click on Sign up & Download to Register. You can also use your Facebook account to Sign in.

  14. Mendeley will automatically detect the operating system that you are using. Click Save so you can use the file again if you decide to install it in your other computers or laptops.

  15. If you decide to use your Facebook account to Sign in, you have to provide your email and password.

  16. To be able to share your profile and make it searchable to all users of Mendeley, you should verify your account. Open the email address that you use during the sign up/registration.

  17. Click on the URLor the link provided in the email to verify your Mendeley account.

  18. After clicking on the URL or link, you will be sent to this page that verifies your account.

  19. Creating your Mendeley Library There are several ways: Add a PDF Add a folder of PDFs Drag and drop PDFs in Mendeley Desktop Import/export to and from other reference management software Add reference manually Watch folders to automatically add PDFs to Mendeley Desktop One-click Web Importer Search references within the Mendeley website

  20. Click Add Files, browse to the location of the pdf then, click the Open button.

  21. This slide shows that the pdf has been added to your library. Mendeley will attempt to automatically detect the document details (bibliographic data). Any documents whose details Mendeley is uncertain about will be added to the Reference details section for manual verification.

  22. Click Add Folder, browse to the location of the folder then, click the Ok button.

  23. This slide shows that all PDFs have been added to your library. Two were added. Mendeley will attempt to automatically detect the document details (bibliographic data). Any documents whose details Mendeley is uncertain about will be added to the Needs Review section for manual verification.

  24. Drag & drop PDFs here to add them to your library.

  25. Export and Import to and from other reference management software

  26. Add Entry manually lets you add references to Mendeley Desktop by completing a form.

  27. Use Watch folders to automatically add PDFs to Mendeley Desktop. When you place a document in a watched folder, it will be automatically added to Mendeley.

  28. Web Importer lets you import references and documents from a wide range of academic databases with a single click. In addition to this it lets you save a snapshot of any webpage you are viewing. To install it, click Tools – Install Web Importer.

  29. Then follow the succeeding instructions. The Web Importer can import documents from different sites including PubMed.

  30. In this example, we will use the Web Importer to import documents from PubMed. We will do a search in PubMed, then go to Favorites (IE) or Bookmarks (Firefox & Chrome) and click Save to Mendeley.

  31. Click the “+”icon to choose individual articles or click Save all to save the entire list and the pdf (if available) to your Mendeley Library.

  32. The green check marks indicates that the references are saved in your Mendeley Library. To view it, click View in Mendeley Desktop.

  33. You can also search references within the Mendeley website. In Mendeley Web click the Papers taband perform a search. Within the search results, just click either Save PDF to library or Save reference to library.

  34. If you want to have access to your PDFs from anywhere, activate the file synchronization feature. By enabling this feature you are able to access your PDF files in your Mendeley Web library. Note: Always use the Sync in Mendeley Desktop everytime you use the Mendeley Web to add references to your library.

  35. Managing your documents and references Check duplicates and merge duplicate author names, tags, or publications Documents can be marked read/unread Search as you type Annotate PDFs File Organizer

  36. Occasionally when you are importing references into Mendeley, they can become duplicated. This often happens when importing from completely different sources, such as a paper using the web importer bookmarklet, and then dragging a PDF of that same reference into Mendeley. You can find duplicates by selecting the Tools menu, and clicking the Check for Duplicates option.

  37. Sets of duplicates will then be shown. Select a set and review the metadata in the right hand details pane. Any field which has a tick to the left of it has no conflicts while un-checked fields means 2 or more duplicates in the set have conflicting data. Click the Confirm Merge button to merge the set.

  38. Documents can be marked read/unread. When you add documents to Mendeley, they are marked unread by a small green dot. If you open them within the Mendeley PDF viewer they will be marked read. Or simply click on the green dot to toggle read/unread. Read Unread

  39. You can mark your favorite documents (or documents you keep want to track of) with the star icon. Simply click to star, and click again to un-star. All favorite documents will appear in the Favorites Folder, so you can refer back to them with one click. Favorites

  40. All favorite documents will appear in the Favorites Folder, so you can refer back to them with one click.

  41. Search as you type. Smart search in documents highlights the search term as you type, so you can find what you're looking for quickly. Just type into the search bar and watch Mendeley find matching terms in the document.

  42. Annotate PDFs. You can add highlights and notes to documents within Mendeley Desktop. Open a PDF in Mendeley's PDF viewer by clicking on the pdf icon. Add highlights and notes by clicking on the Highlight Text or Add Note buttons on the menu.

  43. Mendeley's File Organizer can automatically rename your PDFs and file them in a clear folder structure, making it easier to find your files outside of Mendeley. You can find it here: Tools - Options - File Organizer tab 1 2 3

  44. Citing references Word and OpenOffice plug-in How to cite references How to insert bibliography

  45. To be able to cite a document, generate a bibliography, or manually edit any entry, you should install the Word and OpenOffice plug-in first. Go to Tools – Install MS Word Plugin.

  46. The Mendeley Word & OpenOffice plug-ins integrate Mendeley into these word processors. Once installed you will have tool bar buttons that will allow you to cite a document, generate a bibliography, or manually edit any entry, saving you time and effort when you write. The default citation style is the American Psychological Association 6th Edition. You can select other citation style in the drop down menu in your word processor. This screenshot was taken using Word 2003.

  47. This screenshot was taken using Word 2010. Mendeley tool bar is located under the References tab.

  48. To insert citation, put the cursor where you want the citation inserted and then press Alt+M or click the Insert Citation button. Lastly, click Go To Mendeley button.

  49. Select the citation, then click Cite.

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